How many shells?

[UCO Shooter]

On a typical 3gun match about how many shells do you carry on your belt? and what method? I am looking at the ELS system and am probably going with an L2/4 and Q4/8 from AP, along with a shell caddy from safariland. Is that enough or should I get more?

 

[Matt1911]

Depends on the stage. I bring enough caddies to be able to hold at least 20 on me + whats in the gun. It's not too often that u need that much though at a club match.

 

[Bob Sanders]

Just like Matt said, have the ability to carry a lot, but make it so you don't have to. I can carry 38 between L2 chest rig and L4 belt caddies. Mostly just use the 16 round chest rig, and it's rarely full. But I always have an "oh crap" 6 round conventional caddy on my weak side.

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[Wall]

A good rule of thumb is to carry enough to shoot the stage from the ammo on your belt.
24 shotgun rnds on the stage, carry at least 24 on the belt.

An all shotgun stage is most often in excess of 30 rnds.

Running out of ammo sucks, A Failure to Engage penalty will ruin your entire score.

 

[CBR]

According to this thread, my belt may be shotshell poor. Mr. Wall will be hearing about this immediately.

 

[mike cyrwus]

yeah, about that rule of thumb. Its great if you have an unloaded gun start, but If you miss any where close to as many times as rounds you have in your gun, you might as well go back to the plinking range with your 22.
No real excuse to miss any more (MAX) than once or twice on a shotgun heavy stage. at the most.

SHOOTING A SHOTGUN SLOW IS ALWAYS FASTER THAN LOADING IT FAST

 

[gondo]

A good rule of thumb is to carry enough to shoot the stage from the ammo on your belt.
24 shotgun rnds on the stage, carry at least 24 on the belt.

An all shotgun stage is most often in excess of 30 rnds.

Running out of ammo sucks, A Failure to Engage penalty will ruin your entire score.

You got that crap right, I ran out of ammo on a 28 round stage last sunday, 15 seconds for not engaging the last target. It was my fault I went to fast and missed a dozen times but still more is better on a big stage!

 

[gondo]

yeah, about that rule of thumb. Its great if you have an unloaded gun start, but If you miss any where close to as many times as rounds you have in your gun, you might as well go back to the plinking range with your 22.
No real excuse to miss any more (MAX) than once or twice on a shotgun heavy stage. at the most.

SHOOTING A SHOTGUN SLOW IS ALWAYS FASTER THAN LOADING IT FAST

Ahh learned the hard way.... this is the truth no doubt about it, not missing is way faster! The problem is you make us these awesome shotguns and they make me want to pull the trigger fast... which only leads to missing fast.... :lol: Seriously though my accurate iron shotgun is just great, I have put about 800 rnds through it in the last week and I cant say enough about it.

 

[mike cyrwus]

just pull it back and focus! If youve ever raced cars or bikes, the hardest thing to learn how to do is use the brake!

 

[Matt1911]

What's a brake?

 

[Bob Sanders]

What's a brake?

Isn't it that thingy on the end of the gun thingy?

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[Wall]

yeah, about that rule of thumb. Its great if you have an unloaded gun start, but If you miss any where close to as many times as rounds you have in your gun, you might as well go back to the plinking range with your 22.
No real excuse to miss any more (MAX) than once or twice on a shotgun heavy stage. at the most.

SHOOTING A SHOTGUN SLOW IS ALWAYS FASTER THAN LOADING IT FAST

not so easy when you're first starting out.

This is why I usually have a bunch of extra caddies with me at the matches to loan out to the guys that don't have enough yet.

 

[jtischauser]

I would say at the average club match you need 8 rounds on your belt. 12 rounds should give you a little cushion. Pick up your favorite type of load two from The Shooter's Source or Make Ready Pro Shop.

 

[Burk Cornelius]

I like the thrill of carrying the exact number of shells needed for a stage (including what's in the gun)

Note to self: Don't do that anymore

 

[UCO Shooter]

Thanks for the advice guys! I can't wait to get all of my stuff together and start getting into it!

 

[Brian Holcomb]

I can carry up to 18 on my belt and 16 more on a chest rig, but I usually only have one or two Taccom 6up carriers on my belt. I adjust as needed for the stage.