AGC 3 Gun Match - Saturday, December 14th

MEGARMS said:

Equipment requirements are in large part the reason that 3 Gun is not as popular as IDPA, USPSA, and Steel Challenge. All 3 gun shooters started out with just a rifle and a pistol. It can be very intimidating as well as confusing. I remember my first time I brought my Remington 1187 field shotgun with a 5 round capacity. I shot it one time and then borrowed someone else's.

My recommendation would be to register, bring your rifle, pistol, and mag pouches that you have as well as some shotgun shells. I will help you find someone on your squad who would be more than happy to share their shotgun with you. In fact, I don't recommend buying much gear, especially a shotgun, until you have spent some time talking to the guys on your squad about what they run, what they used to run, and why they don't run it anymore. This goes for shotguns, gun belts, holsters, pistol mag pouches, rifle mag pouches, shotguns, and just about everything else. I wish I would have had someone give me this advice as it would have literally saved me hundreds of dollars (actually closer to $1500).

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Daveyboysmith said:

What mags would i need to be carrying for an average stage?

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MEGARMS said:

One spare pistol (standard cap of course ) one spare AR mag, in addition to the mags in your guns.

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MEGARMS said:

At this point, we only have 18 shooters registered, which is somewhat unusual being that we are only 6 days out. It may be the weather, the holidays, or something else.

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MEGARMS said:

Equipment requirements are in large part the reason that 3 Gun is not as popular as IDPA, USPSA, and Steel Challenge. All 3 gun shooters started out with just a rifle and a pistol. It can be very intimidating as well as confusing. I remember my first time I brought my Remington 1187 field shotgun with a 5 round capacity. I shot it one time and then borrowed someone else's.

My recommendation would be to register, bring your rifle, pistol, and mag pouches that you have as well as some shotgun shells. I will help you find someone on your squad who would be more than happy to share their shotgun with you.

In fact, I don't recommend buying much gear, especially a shotgun, until you have spent some time talking to the guys on your squad about what they run, what they used to run, and why they don't run it anymore. This goes for shotguns, gun belts, holsters, pistol mag pouches, rifle mag pouches, shotguns, and just about everything else.

I wish I would have had someone give me this advice as it would have literally saved me hundreds of dollars (actually closer to $1500).

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Slim said:

This one kinda crept up on me. I get the emails and check here occasionally, but I thought the IDPA match and Steel Challenge were the last of the shoots.

I might be able to make it out on the 14th. Started my annual-ish winter AR15 reconfiguring so I only have a laser boresight zero done on the one I’d shoot for 3-Gun.

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boss281 said:

I'll be out there Thursday morning putting a red dot on my AR. I had everything off for the winter too...

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Daveyboysmith said:

Yeah I'll be sighting in new glass on Thursday as well. I'll bore sight it in the meantime.

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boss281 said:

I should be there between 9 and 10...

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MEGARMS said:

I forgot to add the most important part of all of this. Shooting 3 Gun is like mainlining heroin. The addiction will set in almost immediately and your cravings for more will be untenable. It will cause you start lying to your family and if necessary you may even steal from them in order to support your habit. You will toss your golf clubs in the trash and your friends will soon start asking why you no longer come around. You will try to explain your condition to them, and even try to get them to try it too, however if they have never felt the burn for themselves, then they will soon fade away. It will make no matter to you because all that is important is that you are on a group text with 10 other addicts, discussing which ear and eye pro are the best, and how you can find a match that is less than 3 hours away from your home.

In other words, the initial investment in 3 Gun is worth it and it is a buy once, cry once game. Show up, shoot with us, and I promise you will come back for more.

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knovotny said:

If only I didn't get off work at stupid o clock Friday night/Saturday morning.

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shootin the breeze said:

Me too. Interested to try but don’t have anything but the pistol and rifle. Need holster/mag pouches and shottie but not sure I can get set up that fast.

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Art3 said:

I put a link on facebook last night, and one of my friends who has a lot of gun buddies shared it, so hopefully that will get some more interest . (Can you believe there are gun owners in MD that aren't on MDS? ?)

Then I looked at the extended forecast this morning...

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MEGARMS said:

Thanks Art. Unfortunately, it does look like it will be a washout.

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brianong18 said:

When do you this will be held again? When you say AGC members and guests can shoot, that means member brought guests right?

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