bigalexe
Member
Ok so I was having a thought (I've been sick lately and had too much thinking time). I would love to shoot 3-gun competition but man those guns are expensive for someone with my income. For reference I've been getting 1 gun a year at a cost of 300 max.
So anyway it seems like alot of 3-gun matches are shot at rather close ranges (less than 100 yards) with the exception being maybe some long pistol shots. So why hasn't someone started the Budget 3-gun course? I'm thinking you could just leave many of the courses as-is and just maybe adjust the scoring or round count to account for a few more misses.
-Rimfire Pistol
-Rimfire Rifle
-.410 or 20 gauge shotgun
The reason I was thinking about this was that when I price it out:
Pistol $200-$300 tons of rimfire semi-auto's in this range
Rifle $250-$300 for a 30-rd Ruger 10/22 or the new Mossberg AR-Type
Shotgun $150 if you find a cheap used Pump gun
Total: $750
Whereas if I want to kit up for a full-power match
Pistol $350 easily
Rifle $500 at least, probably want to budget more like $700
Shotgun $150 ok so you can probably get away with a cheap shotgun
Total: $1000
So anyway it seems like alot of 3-gun matches are shot at rather close ranges (less than 100 yards) with the exception being maybe some long pistol shots. So why hasn't someone started the Budget 3-gun course? I'm thinking you could just leave many of the courses as-is and just maybe adjust the scoring or round count to account for a few more misses.
-Rimfire Pistol
-Rimfire Rifle
-.410 or 20 gauge shotgun
The reason I was thinking about this was that when I price it out:
Pistol $200-$300 tons of rimfire semi-auto's in this range
Rifle $250-$300 for a 30-rd Ruger 10/22 or the new Mossberg AR-Type
Shotgun $150 if you find a cheap used Pump gun
Total: $750
Whereas if I want to kit up for a full-power match
Pistol $350 easily
Rifle $500 at least, probably want to budget more like $700
Shotgun $150 ok so you can probably get away with a cheap shotgun
Total: $1000