Thread: New NZ 3 gun divisions

Any open component will put you into overall open, however assuming there are enough competitors shooting different divisions to be offered you can mix and match so tactical is offered indirectly. I shoot an open rifle having an optic (or bipod/compensator over3" X 1") so I'll automatically be put in open overall; I shoot a standard shotgun (competing against other standard shotguns) ...it should be noted manual action shotgun (i.e. pump) is a thing however there generally aren't enough entries to run it as a division in itself; I shoot production pistol against other production shooters (to me production is a safe bet since it is so common, last nationals I think some guys came with classic guns and there weren't enough of them to have a classic division so they got placed into standard and boy does that make life hard) Then had respective percentages.

It should probably be noted that Tactical was never a real IPSC 3-gun division, don't get me wrong it is the division I used to shoot...it was accessible and frankly if you have an AR you want to put an optic on it but I had no intention of forking out the coin for an open pistol and shotgun. The grand tournament allows you to shoot close to tactical, remain competitive and stay within international rules. Whenever I try to explain it it always comes across more complicated than it actually is. So keep your razors on and go open overall.