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Airsoft 3-Gun? Fun! Fun! Fun!
Posted by Junior Shooters
(Some of the Junior Shooters 3-Gun team at Forward Movement on a airsoft stage. Note the glasses and the finger off of the trigger. Glasses are a necessity for safety!)
Do you want to try 3-Gun competition but not sure if you would like it, or can afford it? Do you need to practice 3-Gun but the cold during the winter months makes you want to stay home under the covers? Try airsoft 3-Gun! Yep, airsoft. You can have lots of fun, practice to your hearts content, and all at a very cheap price. Though you can certainly set it up outdoors, it is indoors where this sport is starting to shine. Out of the weather means no snow or rain to deal with and a controlled environment. It also means you don’t have to take those long trips to the range.
(Ricky Marston, 13, standing with an M4 in front of two custom made airsoft knock-down targets (available for sale at Forward Movement (http://www.forwardmovementtraining.com/). These targets are excellent for 3-Gun or practicing at home. Most of the plastic BBs are caught inside the container.)
The NRA started airsoft 3-Gun last year and they have rules for 3-Gun airsoft and .22: http://nrasports.nra.org/3-gun-shooting-events.aspx. Rob Potter, of Shoot Right, has an International Air 3-Gun program going – both airsoft and airgun. This is a quickly expanding program that will be available across the country and internationally. You can contact him at 602-288-5324 http://www.shootrightaz.org/.
Here in Boise, Idaho, (Where Junior Shooters magazine is located) we have the advantage of working with Matt and Christen Schneider from Forward Movement (see article https://www.juniorshooters.net/2014/06/19/
junior-shooters-and-forward-movement-training-in-idaho/). This gives us a facility to set up 3-Gun airsoft, practice, and actually have regular monthly matches as well as the Idaho State Airsoft 3-Gun Championship (Spring 2015). Each time we run a stage, the juniors are after me to run it again. “Can we? Can we, please, go again?” We look at stances, gun position, shoulders, hand position, sight picture, strategy, trigger pull, and of course, SAFETY comes first.
(Top left: Wyatt Irish, 15, shooting with a Beretta 92 (his favorite pistol) from Umarex. Notice the tiny clay in the window.)
Stages can be set up where they are long, or relatively short, depending upon the space available. They can be rifle, pistol, and shotgun, or just one gun. They can be quick and close, long-range or a combination. We are currently working on four different stages which will be semi-permanent. (Right: Jessica Brown (16) shooting an M4. Notice the forward stance, square shoulders, and left arm well out on the forearm of the gun. A picture perfect stance for 3-Gun.We can shoot during our practices, during the regular monthly matches (starting in October) that are open to the public, and the public can go to Forward Movement and rent time and airsoft guns and try it out for themselves. Make it a family affair as it is lots of fun.
Most of the airsoft guns Junior Shooters 3-Gun team is currently using are from UMAREX, especially the Elite Force high-end AR and the 1911. Umarex has an excellent variety, though no shotgun yet. We are in the process of acquiring a number of shotguns to test to find the right one. Pistols and rifles are plentiful with the pistols either using CO2 or Green Gas and the rifle is AEG (electric). Check them out at: http://www.umarexusa.com/Airsoft/.
(left: Bryson Smith (14) shooting at two standing airsoft knock-down targets with a Elite Force 1911 from behind cover.)
(left: Kieria Smith (12) moving up close with a 1911 from Umarex Check out the two triple stack knock-down targets.)
(Right: Torrin Smith (16) moving in with his airsoft M4.)
Stay tuned for more great airsoft 3-Gun action coming soon.
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