robg2008 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 This month I went to an Atlanta 3 Gun match for my second 3 gun match ever and about 4th competition ever. I had purchased a +9 nordic extension tube for my JM Pro installed it but did not get a chance to test it out before I went to the match. Something was wrong with the spring and basically turned my 930 into a single shot shogtun. The match was very heavy on the shotgun side and I did HORRIBLE. Found out afterwards the spring needed cut and the ends bent down more. Moral of the story I learned: Test your new equipment before you use it in a match! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 +1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganbillJ Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 +2 Goes along the same lines as never shoot a freshly cleaned gun either. Always good to put just a few rds through it just to make sure. Makes match day more enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncledoc Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 +2 Goes along the same lines as never shoot a freshly cleaned gun either. Always good to put just a few rds through it just to make sure. Makes match day more enjoyable. I will have to remember this tip.....I tend to clean a day or two before the match, but did not test fire.....hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcburton1 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 In the last year of shooting 3 gun I've seen 4 to 6 jm pros go down 3 just in task force dagger match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Match day is just for shooting ... and nothing else, no trying out new equipment, no trying out new techniques, no trying to go faster than you usually do .... Just shoot .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phidelt208 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 (edited) I've done it. I replaced a striker spring and it was a POS had light strikes the whole match. Edited July 2, 2014 by phidelt208 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffB Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 +2 Goes along the same lines as never shoot a freshly cleaned gun either. Always good to put just a few rds through it just to make sure. Makes match day more enjoyable. I've been shooting for about 5 years now, competitively. And I've never heard this one with the exception of a FULLY disassembled 2011, or anything else for that matter. But I would have to disagree with it being a hard rule with a field stripped gun that has been cleaned that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganbillJ Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Its a hard rule for me personally. I have seen too many malfunctions due to freshly cleaned guns that could have easily been solved if fired before hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffB Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Understand. That is typically how we get those rules is by learning the hard way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganbillJ Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Yep. Happened to me once. Just a stupid mistake on my part during reassembly. One of those clean your guns at the last minute before a match kind of thing. I RO quite a bit as well and have seen many guns not run the first stage of the day. Most if not all were fixed quickly after. Makes for a rough start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 If you can't field strip and reassemble a gun correctly and have it run afterwards, better to learn how than make a rule which could handcuff you. Sure, parts changes should be tested before a stage is shot. But most matches provide some kind of function fire berm. Been in many a hotel room with gun parts strewn all over the bed, reassembled and shot in a major the next day. At some matches, like IronMan, it is almost a necessity. Also with rain, or if you are having some malfunctions that a spring change can cure. With newer shooters, I actually tell them to clean their guns before they go to a local match so that they can include that mid-match at a major if necessary. Bottom line is you have to know your guns REALLY well, not be scared of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganbillJ Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Don't get me wrong. I am not scared of any gun. The occurrence I am speaking of happened to me a long time ago, I was much younger and less experienced at the time. It was a stupid mistake on my part. Just got in a hurry when I should not have been. Since then I have disassembled and re-assembled hundreds of guns without any issues what so ever. I would not hesitate to strip and clean a gun at a match if I needed to. Whether it be mine or a buddies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody6477 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I learned early on as a marathon runner that you NEVER eat anything, wear anything or do anything new on race day. If you didn't do it in practice/training, don't do it that day. Took that with me to shooting - nothing on match day I haven't used or done before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm31 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Same for using "similar" ammo on match day...ask me how I know.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanzbullet Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 ok, how do you know? How did too long of a magazine spring turn the shotgun into a single shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDustin Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I had this same problem for 3 matches straight. I kept screwing with mag springs and polishing stuff and nothing worked. It ended up being the shell catch spring being too weak. Just something else to look into. Also, I find it's best to clean a gun before a match, why wouldn't it be? Dirt and grime don't mix with precision machinery and moving parts. I don't touch the barrel or tune anything, that's where you can run into problems and that's the only rule I've heard regarding not cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatland Shooter Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 This also applies to ammo. Visualize loading up a batch of ammo with bullets from a manufacturer not previously used. Further visualize driving across two state lines to shoot a match with this ammo. Lastly visualize my horror when I tried to pre-load my magazines at the hotel the night before the match and all the ammo is too long for my magazines. We were able to track down some sandpaper and my shooting buddy and I stayed up until 2:00 AM sanding down the bullets to fit. Lesson learned. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmexicocrawler Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 I pulled my 1100 down and cleaned it for her one cleaning a year and forgot the gas ring, didn't test her and she was a single shot shooter at the next match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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