History of 3 Gun - Year 1

[Craig Westerman]

Following will be a on going thread detailing the beginnings and history of three gun. Very interesting to see how things have evolved.

Enjoy!

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[Craig Westerman]

First Annual SOF Convention 3 Gun Combat Match
Date: September 26-28, 1980
Location: Columbia, Missouri

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[Craig Westerman]

Here is a little info on the winner of the 1st match, Raul Walters, one of the founding members of IPSC.

http://tribute.raulwalters.com

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[Burk Cornelius]

Look at some of the names on that list that are pioneers in the shooting sports:

Bill Wilson
Ed Brown
Tom Givens
Ken Hackathorne
Richard Heinie

AWESOME!

For the 30th Anniversary, everyone should have worn nutters in honor of Raul Walters.

 

[Wall]

For the 30th Anniversary, everyone should have worn nutters in honor of Raul Walters.

It's not too late

 

[TroyF]

I wonder if #37 David "Rocky" Eales is the same Rocky Eales, of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol? Trooper Eales was killed in the line of duty 1999 while serving a search warrant as a part of OHP's tactical unit.

 

[poopgiggle]

Look at some of the names on that list that are pioneers in the shooting sports:

Bill Wilson
Ed Brown
Tom Givens
Ken Hackathorne
Richard Heinie

AWESOME!

For the 30th Anniversary, everyone should have worn nutters in honor of Raul Walters.

Don't forget Bill Rogers and Jim Cirillo

It's amazing how mall ninja SoF magazine was back then.

 

[Clucky C]

Wow, this is very interesting! I wonder why Raul Walters was ineligible to win (1st place) prizes on his pistol & rifle wins? Does anyone know what "jump" is referring to on the form to fill out? And this may be a very silly question & proves how much I have to learn; is par time scoring still used?

Thanks for posting this, C Westerman.

 

[Wall]

I bumped these threads this morning after reading Uncle Kurts post in the appreciation thread.
It got me thinking that all the new members should see these & also hopefully it'd inspire C Westerman to continue.