Tarheel 3-Gun Shooters Shine in 3GN Pro Series Qual Match

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From 3gunnation.com
By Chad Adams

By Chad Adams

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL â€" North Carolin’s Ravin Perry, carried by strong pistol skills and a ferocious trigger finger, dominated the 3GN Pro Series Qualifier Match here recently, winning the one-day, five-stage match by eight seconds. His performance was so stellar, it left a handful of 3GN Pros in attendance asking “Who is this Ravin guy, and where did he come from?”

Perry, who put up a 3:42.00, comes to 3-gun after having competed at a high level in both IDPA and USPSA pistol competition. However, over the last year Perry has dedicated himself to 3-gun, the proof his stellar performance against a tough field of 3GN Divisional, Semi-Pro and returning Pro Series competitorsâ€"all battling for one of 16 slots in this year’s 3GN Pro Series Tour.

“Knowing his history in pistol, when he started shooting 3-gun, it was amazing how he cut the learning curve in half,” said Tarheel 3-Gun Match Director Charles Sole. “I think shooting a pistol and rifle, particularly unless you’re shooting precision, the fundamentals are basically the same. His biggest equalizer was the shotgun. He was relentless. I can’t remember a match he actually missed, I think he was determined to master this, and I think he’s well down that road. He’s really put in the effort to do it."

Perry is one of seven competitors that qualified for the Pro Series that have one trait in commonâ€"Tarheel 3-Gun. A 3GN Club Series match, Sole’s group at Tarheel regularly puts on as many as two local 3-gun matches per month, as well as a major match in April. Sole, who recently took over running the 3GN Club Series, has incorporated 3GN match and stage philosophy into his local Tarheel matches, and that experience shown through when Perry, Rob Tate, Aaron Reed, James Gill, Chad Drewery, Josh Knotts and Steve Wall stepped into the box.

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[jtischauser]

Just goes to show you how important a good club matches is to grooming the next wave of top shooters. Well done Charles!

 

[Three Guns]

Before I moved to KS 2 years ago, I shoot Charles' matches almost every month. Charles puts on a high quality match! IIRC most of the monthly matches even had a prize table of some sort. The courses of fire are challenging and the shooters are top notch. Of course it doesn't hurt that a large percentage of shooters are from the 82nd Airborne DIV, Special Forces, LEO (SWAT and patrol) as well as other governmental organizations. There is a long tradition of good shooters in the area and the talent pool is DEEP!

If you are heading to NC for any reason, do yourself a favor and drop in and shoot this match. Call Charles ahead of time to make certain that he has room for you because he has to limit the number of shooters to 80ish and it fillls up quickly.

I am headed back to NC this summer and I can't wait to start shooting with this crew again.

Tom

 

[jtischauser]

Before I moved to KS 2 years ago, I shoot Charles' matches almost every month. Charles puts on a high quality match! IIRC most of the monthly matches even had a prize table of some sort. The courses of fire are challenging and the shooters are top notch. Of course it doesn't hurt that a large percentage of shooters are from the 82nd Airborne DIV, Special Forces, LEO (SWAT and patrol) as well as other governmental organizations.

Tom

When I first started I thought every match would be full of shooters with these professions. Not so much the case in OK. Wonder why NC gets such a good turn out? There are a lot of MIL in the area. Dunno but I like it?

 

[Three Guns]

I think that NC just has so many units in the state that put an emphisis on this type of shooting as part of their training. 15 years ago the Rangers started training CQB and as they rotated out of the regiment some filtered to the 82nd. Then it became common training once the GWOT started. The SF groups (and there were 2 at Bragg until just recently) have been training this stuff for a while. Some other units are on Bragg as well that have a long, long history of training expert level shooters as well. And don't forget our USMC brothers in the area.

All of those troops are trained on this type of shooting. Some like to it so much that they pay to do it in competition. I don't know. That is just my theory. But the fact of the matter is that those boys can shoot in NC.

Before Charles had a limit of the number of shooters per match it got out of control. After he moved the match to DPRC he was getting 50ish shooters. The next month it was 80ish. One month he must have had over 100. It wasn't long before that the match was so large that he had to put some limits on it. When they open up the registration it fills up in a matter of hours and has a waiting list.

Tom

 

[jtischauser]

Sounds like a good match to have every weekend!