Don't want to get disqualified

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Going to my first 3 gun type event in a month. It's the Outbreak shootout so way over my head but my goal isn't to really compete, just run the course and have fun. I was wondering if anyone has some specific videos or material that describes the prescribed way of drawing a handgun. Also holstering, since the event calls for holstering an unloaded handgun (not sure if I understand whether that is part of your time or not). Just started dry fire practice with my new holster today, and want to practice the right way so I don't get disqualified because of how I handle the pistol.

P.S. do I understand correctly that guns must be placed on safe any time you move? What about handguns? Any other resources for noob questions?
 
I don't know anything about the 'rules'.

But IMO, guns should be placed on safety anytime you move, anywhere, doing anything.

That's just gun safety 101!

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I don't know about outbreak but there are some 3 gun matches where you do not re holster a pistol on the clock rather set it on a table. If the pistol safty is not on or gets knocked off safe and a round is in the chamber, instant DQ.

Many either rack the chamber clear or shoot a pistol that has no external saftey.
 
I shoot USPSA pistol, not 3-gun, but I'm confident that time spent holstering at the end of a stage doesn't count. Have you ever seen a shot timer? It only shows the time from the starting beep to the FINAL shot recorded. So as long as the gun doesn't go off while you're holstering, and assuming you aren't required to do any more shooting after you holster, the time on the timer doesn't change.
 
I shoot USPSA pistol, not 3-gun, but I'm confident that time spent holstering at the end of a stage doesn't count. Have you ever seen a shot timer? It only shows the time from the starting beep to the FINAL shot recorded. So as long as the gun doesn't go off while you're holstering, and assuming you aren't required to do any more shooting after you holster, the time on the timer doesn't change.
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Not only have I seen a shot timer, I even own a few. Not having shot 3-gun, you might not realize it differs from USPSA.

In USPSA you shoot one gun and when you stop firing that firearm the timer displays when the last shot was fired.

In 3 gun, it is not uncommon to use more than one firearm in a stage. The situation I was talking about was if the pistol was the first firearm used in a stage then it must be set down as rules will not allow one to reholster on the clock, then the competitor picks up a rifle or shotgun and continues with the stage. In short the FINAL shot recorded on a stage might not be fired from a pistol.
 
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