Loading ...
3-Gun Training With Junior Shooters Magazine Part 2
Posted by Junior Shooters
The First Major 3-Gun training of 2012
By: Duncan Dye (14)
I thought the first big 3-gun training session of the year was great. Since I had the most experience with 3-gun of the five people that were there I had to go first so everyone else could see a way to run through the course. The stage was set up so that we would run about 30 yards to the entrance and back. Then we would pick up our fully loaded shotgun (nine rounds) and take out a few targets. The shotgun targets were a spinner, a pepper popper w/clay thrower, and two 9” knock down plates. We could then expend the rest of the shells on the other 9” knockdowns scattered around the bay so we didn’t have to take them out with our pistols. After that we would have to put the shotgun back onto the table we got it from and draw our pistols so that we could take out about 11 knock downs (it depended on how many you took out with the shotgun) with the pistol. We would holster it, then run to the table and pick up our .22 AR rifles. There were 2 auto reset poppers that we had to shoot five times each. Every time we missed a shot on the rifle targets we would have to do a pushup.
After running at the beginning I found out that I needed to run more often because I started breathing hard and it became hard to hold the guns steady. I also found out that with the pistol targets I needed to stop jerking the trigger. I could easily stop that because every pistol shot I could say “squeeze” to myself to remember not to jerk the trigger. I should have thought about where to go prone with the rifle when I had to shoot the poppers because I could barely see the heads of them when I did go prone. This was because from where I was the poppers were hidden behind the stands for the knock downs, I even moved back and forth to see the targets on the first run.
I am glad to say I had a lot of fun at the practice and have only one question; what could I do to help me acquire longer range targets faster with my rifle except for actually shooting?
Editor’s answer: Set the magnification on the scope so that two targets can be observed. If you are using iron peep sights try to open the other eye shooting with both eyes open.
Comments
Leave a Reply
Please note: Comment moderation is currently enabled so there will be a delay between when you post your comment and when it shows up. Patience is a virtue; there is no need to re-submit your comment.
You must be logged in to post a comment.