3 Gun at OKC Gun Club Saturday Nov. 24th

David E · Nov 25, 2012

Michael J said:
Burk, what do you think about getting our friends at OG&E to put some 30' telephone poles up.
One at the north end of long range and the other where we called stage one Saturday.
Get a trolly cable set up with a platform at each end.
Set up all bays with targets.
On buzzer we push shooter off and as he/she is carried from one end to the other must shoot targets as they become visable.

What say you Burk?
Plan or Ban, Bid or Forbid?

This is totally incomprehensible. I can't believe you said that.

Burk has friends?

45recoil · Nov 25, 2012

David E said:
This is totally incomprehensible. I can't believe you said that.

Burk has friends?

I don't know if he knows we know but um...theyre imaginary. He's got tons of'em.

Matt1911 · Nov 25, 2012

Don't worry Burk. Budweiser is always your friend, he's real and will be there till the end.

Adam Striegel · Nov 25, 2012

Just do one pole. Shooter has to climb to the top and stand on one foot while shooting through a pallet while everyone else throws rotten fruit at the shooter.

Matt1911 · Nov 25, 2012

Adam Striegel said:
Just do one pole. Shooter has to climb to the top and stand on one foot while shooting through a pallet while everyone else throws rotten fruit at the shooter.

Isn't that prom?

45recoil · Nov 25, 2012

Bachelor party

Adam Striegel · Nov 25, 2012

Matt Rigsby said:
Isn't that prom?

Close, but you don't have to be in a bad tuxedo

Adam Striegel · Nov 25, 2012

You could probably setup something when a shooter rides in the back of that ranger. Good times..

jtischauser · Nov 25, 2012

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David E · Nov 25, 2012

Adam Striegel said:
You could probably setup something when a shooter rides in the back of that ranger. Good times..

I've done a couple "back of the truck" matches, but always with a handgun. A rifle would be cool....

Adam Striegel · Nov 25, 2012

David E said:
I've done a couple "back of the truck" matches, but always with a handgun. A rifle would be cool....

Difficult part of coordinating that would be making sure the ranger makes the run at a consistent speed and path so no one gets an advantage of disadvantage.

Maybe do something where the range drives to a set spot and sits for a specific amount of time, then moves on? Otherwise they'd have to get a 3rd party not participating that could drive for every shooter and had a good sense of speed to make sure they were consistent.

Wildcat · Nov 25, 2012

They used a 4x4 duct taped under the accelerator as a governor. That kept it consistent for each shooter.

Adam Striegel · Nov 25, 2012

Redneck ingenuity

Adam Striegel · Nov 26, 2012

Hey, when you guys shoot 3 Gun, do you use special ammo for shotgun and pistol with more power to knock down the steal? Just wondering if using regular target ammo for 9mm and 12 gauge will be enough or what?

english kanigit · Nov 26, 2012

Regular ammo works just fine. Good solid hits, which are the responsibility of the shooter, are more important than ammo.

Then again, I'm not a gamer so you may hear other answers about power factor this, and bullet weight that...

Ek

Adam Striegel · Nov 26, 2012

I just wondered because there was a couple times some of the guys had to hit the steal shotgun and pistol targets a couple times before they fell. Didn't know if that was because their ammo was under powered, glancing shots, or if the targets were just being a pain.

jtischauser · Nov 26, 2012

Adam Striegel said:
I just wondered because there was a couple times some of the guys had to hit the steal shotgun and pistol targets a couple times before they fell. Didn't know if that was because their ammo was under powered, glancing shots, or if the targets were just being a pain.

If those shots were on those small knock down plates with the lip on the front its because those plates are made with the lip so that they can't spin. Well they work in that they almost never spin but they don't fall very easy either. They are a poor design IMHO.

jtischauser · Nov 26, 2012

Matt Washburn said:
They used a 4x4 duct taped under the accelerator as a governor. That kept it consistent for each shooter.

That sorta thing is never gonna happen at a club match. It's too inconsistent and quite frankly dangerous. It was bordering on unsafe at that match with us clearly breaking the 180 shooting at an angle backwards.

Adam Striegel · Nov 26, 2012

Jesse Tischauser said:
If those shots were on those small knock down plates with the lip on the front its because those plates are made with the lip so that they can't spin. Well they work in that they almost never spin but they don't fall very easy either. They are a poor design IMHO.

It was the 5 shotgun steal targets on the first "bay" or whatever you guys called it, and if I recall correctly the wheel seemed to have a little more trouble than those little plates.

It might have been for a different type of competition but I thought I read on here that you shouldn't shoot with anything less than a .40. I got a Glock 17 for a duty weapon and since I'm tricking out the sights and added more magazine capacity I was hoping I could use it for the local 3-gun stuff when I get a rifle.

Jesse Tischauser said:
That sorta thing is never gonna happen at a club match. It's too inconsistent and quite frankly dangerous. It was bordering on unsafe at that match with us clearly breaking the 180 shooting at an angle backwards.

Yeah, but it sure would be fun... heh

brandt9913 · Nov 26, 2012

Adam Striegel said:
I just wondered because there was a couple times some of the guys had to hit the steal shotgun and pistol targets a couple times before they fell. Didn't know if that was because their ammo was under powered, glancing shots, or if the targets were just being a pain.

A lot of this problem can also be choke tube selection. Using an open or skeet choke may not get enough pattern to knock down the steel. I used Winchester #8 dove loads and a Light Modified choke and went 1 for 1 on all shotgun targets.