W.R.Buchanan
02-22-2013, 08:02 PM
OK since we have the Favorite Pistol Shooting Sport lets do the same thing for Rifles.
I'll start:
My new favorite is Three Gun Tactical Shooting. Previously it was Silhouette both short and long range as well as rimfire.
In the tac matches You get to rip off a bunch of rounds in short order(as short an order as you can muster)shooting at reactive steel targets. Shooting fast is really fun as long as you can hit what you're aiming at.
This usually invloves use of a Semi Auto rifle such as an AR, AK or Mini14. I am using my Kel-Tec SU16CA which is a .223. However any gun will do, the reloading of the weapon being the most time consuming part of using such a gun. However just because you are shooting a lever gun doesn't mean you can't learn to load it pretty fast. Also when translated to the Street, a guy with a levergun who could load it quickly and run the gun and be accurate would be just as big a threat as someone with an AR.
What this competition consists of is a course of targets you must engage with your rifle, shot gun and pistol. It usually involves reloading by changing mags or stuffing more rounds thru the loading gate. This sport can be done with pump or semi auto shotguns, or you could even do it with a double barrel shotgun, a bolt, lever, pump or semi auto rifle and a semi auto pistol or revolver, and yes a DA revolver can be reloaded just as fast or faster than a auto pistol. (See Jerry Michelek).
The sport is really just a modern version of Cowboy Action Shooting so people who do that already should do well.
I also like the silhouette games but they are more about precision than speed. I think the speed factor simulates the real world application of the game as a training function more than any other single factor.
What do you think? :Fire:
Randy
I'll start:
My new favorite is Three Gun Tactical Shooting. Previously it was Silhouette both short and long range as well as rimfire.
In the tac matches You get to rip off a bunch of rounds in short order(as short an order as you can muster)shooting at reactive steel targets. Shooting fast is really fun as long as you can hit what you're aiming at.
This usually invloves use of a Semi Auto rifle such as an AR, AK or Mini14. I am using my Kel-Tec SU16CA which is a .223. However any gun will do, the reloading of the weapon being the most time consuming part of using such a gun. However just because you are shooting a lever gun doesn't mean you can't learn to load it pretty fast. Also when translated to the Street, a guy with a levergun who could load it quickly and run the gun and be accurate would be just as big a threat as someone with an AR.
What this competition consists of is a course of targets you must engage with your rifle, shot gun and pistol. It usually involves reloading by changing mags or stuffing more rounds thru the loading gate. This sport can be done with pump or semi auto shotguns, or you could even do it with a double barrel shotgun, a bolt, lever, pump or semi auto rifle and a semi auto pistol or revolver, and yes a DA revolver can be reloaded just as fast or faster than a auto pistol. (See Jerry Michelek).
The sport is really just a modern version of Cowboy Action Shooting so people who do that already should do well.
I also like the silhouette games but they are more about precision than speed. I think the speed factor simulates the real world application of the game as a training function more than any other single factor.
What do you think? :Fire:
Randy