Fort Benning 3 Gun Match

Air.177 · 10-28-2005, 19:15

I know this isn't an IPSC Gamer board, But I will be shooting the AMU 3 gun Match the first weekend of December at Ft. Benning. If anyone else is shooting, or would like to meet up while I am there, Sing out.

Good times,
Blake

Sinister · 10-30-2005, 17:28

I've seen the courses of fire and the props list. It's going to be pretty cool. Lots of things civilians will have never done before.

The new facility (currently Brinson Range but paperwork in for name change for Bill Krilling, Distinguished Service Cross) is a good flat range layout -- 4 x 25 meter bays, 4 x 50 meter bays, a 200 meter rifle/carbine bay, and a chronograph station.

Lots of MGM steel and compressed air action targets. Just had Jerry Barnhart there for a contract course the week before last, and the USPSA East Coast Ladies' Clinic by Kay Clark miculek and Julie Goloski.

I think Glock will be running some GSSA matches there next year.

**Bill Harsey** · 10-30-2005, 18:26

Best of luck Blake!

longtab · 10-30-2005, 20:02

I don't mean to be a thread hi-jacker, but I'll be at Bragg in early December for the USASOC Sniper Competion. Anyone care to throw a few back at the GB Club?

A 3-Gun Match would be cool to be in though. I've been wanting to get into the tactical 3-gun matches or since I'm in Colorado do the cowboy 3-gun matches too.

Jcindy · 10-31-2005, 19:01

I took a 2 day IPSC class with Jerry Barnhart years ago, it was the best money I ever spent while shooting. This was in 1998 and he mentioned most of his time was spent training Military and LEO. Anyone here ever train with him?

**Pete** · 10-31-2005, 20:24

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Originally Posted by longtab

A 3-Gun Match would be cool to be in though.

I've never linked up with them and know nothing about them or who they are but the Fayetteville Practical Shooting Association runs a range outside of Cameron every third Saturday. The next is Nov 19th and Dec 17th. I think it will be a 3 gun match.

Their membership is $35 per year. Do a yahoo/goggle search and you can pull up their site.

Anybody else with more info?

Pete

Air.177 · 10-31-2005, 20:36

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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

Best of luck Blake!

Thanks Bill

There are quite a few Monthly/quarterly 3 gun club matches around the country. Usually anywhere you would find an IPSC or Steel challenge match, you can find a 3 gun. I thouroughly enjoy three gun and have met some great people through my envolvement with the sport.

longtab · 11-01-2005, 08:03

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Originally Posted by JCINDY

I took a 2 day IPSC class with Jerry Barnhart years ago, it was the best money I ever spent while shooting. This was in 1998 and he mentioned most of his time was spent training Military and LEO. Anyone here ever train with him?

Yep... Barnhart will be out here for a week working with our company. He's worked with us [10th] in the past.

11-01-2005, 12:00

Sidenote: Blake, I love your sigline!

Martin

Leozinho · 11-21-2005, 20:37

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Originally Posted by Pete

I've never linked up with them and know nothing about them or who they are but the Fayetteville Practical Shooting Association runs a range outside of Cameron every third Saturday. The next is Nov 19th and Dec 17th. I think it will be a 3 gun match.

Their membership is $35 per year. Do a yahoo/goggle search and you can pull up their site.

Anybody else with more info?

Pete

I hope this thread isn't too old to add a little bit of info.

You can find a list of some F-ville area matches here:

http://www.freewebs.com/trigger-time/matches.htm

However, that page is a bit out of date. The IDPA and 3-gun Matches listed at Trigger Time in Carthage (about 30 minutes from Bragg) have been canceled indefinately. Those are the ones that would have been on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month. I don't know if the IPSC match at Trigger Time is still on.

"The Range" in Oxford (about 30 minutes north of Raleigh) puts on a 3-gun match once a month as well. The next one is scheduled for Dec. 18. I hear this match is more IDPA-style 3 gun than IPSC-style 3 gun, if that matters to you. I haven't shot any 3-gun, but The Range's IDPA matches are first rate. They host a big IDPA match called the Carolina Cup in June, which brings out a lot of the big names.

http://users.gloryroad.net/~idpa/

And finally, some soldiers here at Bragg put on a IPSC match at Range 14 every second Saturday of the month. It has the reputation as being one of the most challenging matches around. Until I went to Range 14, what little ompetition shooting I had was in IDPA, where the target are usually human-sized cardboard and rarely over 15 meters. At Range 14 I had to shoot 7 inch steel plates strong hand only from 20 meters and weak hand only from 15 m. I learned what I needed to work on, that's for sure. And there is free 9mm and .45 ammo for active duty shooters.

http://www.range14.com

Air.177 · 12-05-2005, 00:16

I just got home from the match.

Had a good time and saw lots of old friends. Shot like absolute S@#T but had a good time.

The match ran pretty well but the long range rifle (Relative) stages were a bottleneck as they are at almost every match. There were several stages with cool props most civ types don't ever even see, much less play with. There was a Real AK-47 (this provided a really cool background noise all day long) that everyone put 15 rds through, there was a 9mm AT-4 trainer (thats a damn big tube for a 9 mil, but it was kind of cool) and a Remington 870 Breaching shotgun that we had to "Breach" a "Door" with. Well designed stages run by good folks ( Travis Tomasie http://professionalsoldiers.com/foru...hlight=tomasie ran one of the stages and is a really cool guy.)

Also, if you haven't flown with Firearms, I highly recommend it at least once in your life just for sheer entertainment value. The TSA guys here at DFW always want to open up your rifle case and dig through your stuff, almost always one of them will go," Umm Sir, if you don't mind my asking, What line of work are you in?" (to which I usually reply "I'm in Human Resources", although next time I'm considering ,"I deliver US Mail.....Problem?"

) also, a missing case gets found really fast when you go throwing that "R" word around. "Sir, Whats in the case you're looking for?" RIFLES! "Oh, uhh, I'll find that right away sir." Atlanta on the other hand was refreshingly different, they simply ran the case through the scanner, the guy at the screen asked,"Is that an AR-15?" I said,"YES." to which he replied simply,"Cool." and sent me on my way.

Anyway, I don't think I ran into any board members, but I could be wrong.

Good times,
Blake

**The Reaper** · 12-05-2005, 09:02

There was at least one other there.

TR

Air.177 · 12-06-2005, 12:34

Upon closer inspection, I did meet a member of the board, I just do not know if either of us knew it.