Great new gear for your 3 gun shotgun

[Keith Garcia]

I have tried several different shellholders designed to mount to the forend of my shotgun. Both nylon and hard platic ones. My experience has been that the rounds fall out or the whole unit falls off the gun.

Recently I tried the Matchsaverz and it seems to be really solid and fast: http://matchsaverz.com/Matchsaverz/Home.html

Here's my review http://youtu.be/5R4zyjseaJc

 

[benjamin-benjamin]

that is actually really cool..

 

[jtischauser]

Thanks for the post Keith. Don't be afraid to post more frequently.

 

[drmitchgibson]

I ordered one of these a couple days ago. Hoping it will be useful at the next 3-Gun I can attend and in July at the Nordic G3G Practical Shotgun Challenge. Seems like it would make for a port load with negligible impact on stage time. Sort of a "free" port load.

 

[jtischauser]

It's still faster to not run out of shells. I'm hoping it will work for loading one in the mag tube at the beep or following a miss etc.

 

[cajunautoxer]

It's still faster to not run out of shells. I'm hoping it will work for loading one in the mag tube at the beep or following a miss etc.

Good idea

 

[drmitchgibson]

The mounting kit is for the forearm on an M2, which is apparently different than the SBE. There is a template with the kit for drilling a mounting hole, but the SBE forearm interior is not compatible with the hardware. I tried the velcro that came with the kit, and it worked satisfactorily, but I'm just not a velcro kind of guy.

I ended up boring a slightly undersize hole in the forearm at the first cross-brace, dead center, and installed the Matchsaver with a wood screw from Ace Hardware. I guess the source doesn't matter, but their selection enabled me to find a screw as close in size as possible to the one in the kit. The kit comes with a counter-sunk hex head machine screw and a T-nut. The T-nut setup does not fit the SBE. Something tells me all this SBE bullcrap isn't going to affect anyone else.

Even with a fumble, port-loading with this thing is WAY faster than grabbing a shell from the belt area. My idea is to use it to port-load after an empty-gun start. It's so fast that you could port-load sort of on the way to grabbing the first set of shells.

 

[jtischauser]

The mounting kit is for the forearm on an M2, which is apparently different than the SBE. There is a template with the kit for drilling a mounting hole, but the SBE forearm interior is not compatible with the hardware. I tried the velcro that came with the kit, and it worked satisfactorily, but I'm just not a velcro kind of guy.

I ended up boring a slightly undersize hole in the forearm at the first cross-brace, dead center, and installed the Matchsaver with a wood screw from Ace Hardware. I guess the source doesn't matter, but their selection enabled me to find a screw as close in size as possible to the one in the kit. The kit comes with a counter-sunk hex head machine screw and a T-nut. The T-nut setup does not fit the SBE. Something tells me all this SBE bullcrap isn't going to affect anyone else.

Even with a fumble, port-loading with this thing is WAY faster than grabbing a shell from the belt area. My idea is to use it to port-load after an empty-gun start. It's so fast that you could port-load sort of on the way to grabbing the first set of shells.

I have a feeling you out more thought into attaching this then the creator did.

 

[jtischauser]

I just installed a pair of matchsaverz tonight.

I was delivering some beautiful Red Dirt Plants at Westlake ACE Hardware earlier today. I had to pick up some underground electrical conduit for another project. I happened upon some 3/4"x7/8" PEX pipe that just so happens to be the exact same dimensions as my Matchsaverz. I bet you could buy all the parts to make one of these at Westlake for about $5 including the Allen wrench they forgot to include for $25.

 

[charger arms]

I was waiting for some inventive redneck to figure out the plastic used in this design. Looks like I am heading to Lowes.

And that is one impressive port opening.

 

[jtischauser]

The lowes I stopped at only had 100' rolls. You could equip all of Kansas with that. Ace had 5' sticks.

Nobody had tactical black.

 

[loneranger]

Mitch, I bought one of these for my sbe also. Guess not the only one to use on in 3gun. I'd like to see how u mounted that thing. I've not tried yet. Thanks.

 

[jtischauser]

The directions are for an M2 but you can mount it anywhere in the forearm that doesn't have a crossbar behind it. Both mine are in different spots.

 

[drmitchgibson]

Arnt most empty gun starts bolt closed?

Bolt closed is a good point, and I thought of that after posting. In any case, having this thing on for a port load is a winner.

 

[dennishoddy]

The lowes I stopped at only had 100' rolls. You could equip all of Kansas with that. Ace had 5' sticks.

Nobody had tactical black.

matchsaverz snob.

 

[drmitchgibson]

Here's how I mounted mine. I drilled straight into the first crossbrace, so I could use the longest screw possible. You do NOT want to penetrate the crossbrace, or the screw will gouge the mag tube as you slide it into the forearm. I used a size 10 wood screw, 3/4" long. If I did it again I'd use a size 8. It's centered in the groove of the forearm, so it will mount at a right angle, and I tightened it with it angled up toward the port. The rear of the Matchsaver is about 1/2" in front of the receiver. You can see that based on the curvature of the inside of the forearm that there is no way the T-nut included with the Matchsaver would fit. The barrel on the SBE makes contact with the inside of the forearm, and there is no way the T-nut would work without fitting into a recess.



Screwing it on is definitely a far better feel than the velcro, but I had no trouble whatsoever port-loading with it setup on the velcro attachment. Just felt really flimsy when loading the shell into the Matchsaver that way. The adhesive on the velcro was very good: when removing it, it tore the camo pattern off the area of the forearm where it was stuck on. Good times, good times.

 

[TPlace]

Good info, I have a Matchsaver sitting on my desk right now. Trying to decide how to mount it to my M2 or my JM930.

 

[jtischauser]

Here's how I mounted mine. I drilled straight into the first crossbrace, so I could use the longest screw possible. You do NOT want to penetrate the crossbrace, or the screw will gouge the mag tube as you slide it into the forearm. I used a size 10 wood screw, 3/4" long. If I did it again I'd use a size 8. It's centered in the groove of the forearm, so it will mount at a right angle, and I tightened it with it angled up toward the port. The rear of the Matchsaver is about 1/2" in front of the receiver. You can see that based on the curvature of the inside of the forearm that there is no way the T-nut included with the Matchsaver would fit. The barrel on the SBE makes contact with the inside of the forearm, and there is no way the T-nut would work without fitting into a recess.



Screwing it on is definitely a far better feel than the velcro, but I had no trouble whatsoever port-loading with it setup on the velcro attachment. Just felt really flimsy when loading the shell into the Matchsaver that way. The adhesive on the velcro was very good: when removing it, it tore the camo pattern off the area of the forearm where it was stuck on. Good times, good times.

The inside of the M2 forearm is flat in several spots which makes it a lot easier.

 

[Bentsight]

Has anyone found them to be in the way doing qual/load two either strong or weak handed?
Just looks like you could run your hand into it on the follow through?
Would be nice to hold the gun up off the table when a table start is required.

 

[jtischauser]

The One on the weak side bumps my forearm unless I get my have out to the end of the forearm piece. The one for the oh elephant dung load on the strong side stops my from being able to sweep my hand back like you would pump a pump gun to rack the bolt. At this point I'm thinking its better to not run dry.