Thread: The future of 3gun in nz?

Obviously center fire 3gun is dead, is any one considering running 3gun matches using 10 shot 22s and limited capacity shotguns?

Is this somthing people are interested in doing, it would involve altering the courses of fire a bit but I think it could still be fun and possibly encourage more people to give it a crack as the dollar outlay would be substantially less.

Just trying to get feel if there's any support for it or others thoughts, it would be a shame to see I die off completely here in nz, I didn't even get to shoot a match I've spent the last year and a half getting endorsments and saving/buying gear and now it's gone.

@R93

pretty sure the cowboy action crowd do actually do a "3 gun" compitition....revolver,SxS coachgun and lever action rifle.....
the sport as you have known it might be dead in the water...but it COULD reform in some other shape or form...

I still want to understand the real story about Pistol Carbine conversion kit.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

pretty sure the cowboy action crowd do actually do a "3 gun" compitition....revolver,SxS coachgun and lever action rifle.....
the sport as you have known it might be dead in the water...but it COULD reform in some other shape or form...

I shot 3 gun proper. The whole dressing up/ silly name thing just didn't do it for me. From memory you cannot shoot on the move or move with a loaded chamber.
I would think there may be a chance of using 10 shot .22 semi's but

Originally Posted by Rushy

I still want to understand the real story about Pistol Carbine conversion kit.

um because its a: scary and b: only the police and gubbermint employees are qualified enough to use them and c: because we said so

Originally Posted by mikee

um because its a: scary and b: only the police and gubbermint employees are qualified enough to use them and c: because we said so

That is all hearsay and speculation Mikee. Ha ha ha ha. At the end of the day things like the Roni and KPOS conversion kits are not firearms, they are only bits of aluminium.

Originally Posted by Rushy

That is all hearsay and speculation Mikee. Ha ha ha ha. At the end of the day things like the Roni and KPOS conversion kits are not firearms, they are only bits of aluminium.

we know that but again

because its a: scary and b: only the police and gubbermint employees are qualified enough to use them and c: because we said so

My best mate lived for shooting 3 gun and he still is not sure what he did so wrong to be punished like this, me neither

Originally Posted by mikee

I shot 3 gun proper. The whole dressing up/ silly name thing just didn't do it for me. From memory you cannot shoot on the move or move with a loaded chamber.
I would think there may be a chance of using 10 shot .22 semi's but

I wasnt suggesting you did do the dressing up/silly name thing........was more pointing out that other folk DO shoot competition with 3 different firearms.... there is no reason you couldnt do the same as you were doing with different firearms by tweaking the how you do it somewhat.
the 3 gun thing.......to me means ...3 guns,what 3 and how they used is up to you....years back the deerstalkers had a triangle shoot centrefire,22lr and shotgun. food for thought.

Originally Posted by Rushy

I still want to understand the real story about Pistol Carbine conversion kit.

Shit, if they let those kits fly then I expect my .45acp carbine to be given the tick too.
I love shooting that thing, have hoarded tons of brass and bits for it now just as I'm starting to get right into it, the rug has been sold out from under me

3gun needs to continue to be run to ipsc rules imho. Sticking .22lr rifles into the mix fucks it right up, not sure what phil is planning but 22lr rifle should probably be adapted to multigun only, i cant see the sub calibre attracting too much interest from any of us that are still serious about shooting ipsc rifle.

Manual action rifle is an official ipsc rifle division and my guess is thats where 3gun rifle is headed. The capacity limit to shotgun is what has fucked this whole sport up completely. That single change has made some of the better shooters of 3gun in NZ quit the sport.

When you say manual action rifle what does that look like? Are we talking a short timed / precision section using bolt actions or still a fast paced close range kind of shooting?

Originally Posted by Towely

3gun needs to continue to be run to ipsc rules imho. Sticking .22lr rifles into the mix fucks it right up, not sure what phil is planning but 22lr rifle should probably be adapted to multigun only, i cant see the sub calibre attracting too much interest from any of us that are still serious about shooting ipsc rifle.

Manual action rifle is an official ipsc rifle division and my guess is thats where 3gun rifle is headed. The capacity limit to shotgun is what has fucked this whole sport up completely. That single change has made some of the better shooters of 3gun in NZ quit the sport.

Not quite the same, but not hopeless. You hardly see it in real time, slow mo required.

6 shots...if that isnt enough for current compitition make it 6gun and use 2 of each...or 18 gun and use 3 of each.... make them standard so it only needs 3 guys with same to have enough...... there is a way....you just need to think outside of the box to find it....
if formular1 motor racing had drastic rule change say complete ban on fairings and slick tyres..... you would still have formular1 just different. slower and more slipping n sliding but still F1. chin up.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

6 shots...if that isnt enough for current compitition make it 6gun and use 2 of each...or 18 gun and use 3 of each.... make them standard so it only needs 3 guys with same to have enough...... there is a way....you just need to think outside of the box to find it....
if formular1 motor racing had drastic rule change say complete ban on fairings and slick tyres..... you would still have formular1 just different. slower and more slipping n sliding but still F1. chin up.

Not sure if gun grabbers have genuine sympathy for people threatening to spit the dummy out on a particular shooting discipline, or on shooting altogether. Expect no mercy.