paknon2wheels Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Hello, I have been reading on here for a few weeks and decided it was time to join. Lots of great information on here to help us new guys get started. Thank you! I'm looking to start shooting 3 gun this year. I have never shot any type of "official" competition before, so I'm looking forward to a new adventure. I have been around firearms my entire life, and had some prior professional firearm training, so I'm not new to firearms. Thanks to all the info on these forums, I have just purchased a Stoeger M3K and it is currently enroute to MOA Precision for a tune-up. I currently own several Springfield XD series pistols, so I will most likely use that platform for handgun. I'm thinking of using my current M4 platform for the first match or two and then decide on what to build for a rifle. This will help keep my startup cost down and hopefully give me some time to sort the game out a little better. Look forward to chatting with you guys on the boards and hopefully meet some of you on the range. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Welcome neighbor. Where in Illinois are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Welcome to the forums!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paknon2wheels Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Welcome neighbor. Where in Illinois are you? Near Galesburg. It's about 45 minutes West of Peoria and about 35 minutes East of the Quad City Area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadarLuv Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I think darnells in bloomington does some 3 gun. I am near champaign and have been thinking about heading over there to try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Make sure you get up to the Polo 3 gun matches, should be less than a 2 hour drive for you. Easily the best match in the upper corner of IL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paknon2wheels Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thanks guys. I have been looking at all the places that run 3 gun matches within a few hours of here. I work a weird schedule and work every other weekend, so I'm thinking I'm probably going to have to travel around to hit the matches that are on my weekends off. Also, from what I am understanding I need to go and run a Classifier. I'm not having much luck finding one coming up soon in this area so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadarLuv Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 C.I. shooting in bloomington has a weekly uspsa match on tuesdays its just pistol but still fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Chillicothe is having I believe up to 3 3 gun matches this season. 4th Sunday is USPSA, 3rd Sunday is steel and Bowling pin is either 1st or 2nd weekends depending on inside or outside. Havana shoots USPSA March-November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FULLMETAL Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanonSterVA Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 New guy here as well... Welcome to the forum. Myron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelix Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Welcome, I'm new here too and learning a lot here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paknon2wheels Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Thanks guys! Lots of good reading and learning to be had here for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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