One of these days, I'd like to go to one of those 3gun matches, the ones that usually turn into a bunch of swat wannabes with tacticool ARs, shotguns with mag tubes longer than the barrel, and pistols so bulked up with gizmos that they make a Mk 23 USSOCOM look like a keltec.
I think I'd take a 1911, an M1 carbine, and a winchester 1897. Maybe I'd dress in green, instead of black, and use canvas instead of nylon gear.
If they're being silly and playing dress up, then I can too, right?
Says the person who's obviously never shot in a 3gun competition in their life...
You know, you wouldn't be able to display your ignorance any more effectively unless you had a giant neon sign, flashing DON'T HAVE A CLUE, welded to your forehead.
An average 3gunner would absolutely smoke the average gunboard poster in almost any form of shooting imaginable. (yes, because we usually know how to shoot accurate slow fire too) And unlike a lot of posers that post crap online, you can see exactly how good we shoot when the match scores are posted.
See, an average gunboard poster can talk all sorts of smack. 3gunners can't, because come next weekend, everybody knows exactly what we can do on demand. And timers don't lie.
And I don't know what kind of matches you're attending, but I don't see any SWAT wannabes, unless they're on a SWAT team. You're not really hurting my feelings by not liking how I dress (and my stuff is mostly brown, because I live in the desert, black gets hot in the sun). In fact I don't think you're capable of hurting my feelings, because I actually know how to shoot.
We tend to utilize our equipment to the best of our abilities while under stress, and equipment includes gear and the carrying of ammunition. I'm sure you would look real professional out there shooting a 24 round shotgun stage and loading out of your pockets. Oh, wait, you've got
canvas. I don't have a friggin' clue how that makes you morally superior. Try hemp.
The stuff we slap on our guns works, or we don't win, and when we don't win, we change our stuff. If a hardcore 3gunner has a lot of stuff stuck on his gun, it is because he can use it to dominate over you until you collapse into a pathetic pile of mush with the consistency of mashed potatos.
And I've won 3gun matches with a single stack 1911, a pump 870 with 2 shot magazine extension, and a FAL I built out of spare parts.
And good luck with that .30 Carbine when we're shooting targets from 400-600 meters, bub.
Yep, I'm pretty sick of the word tactical too. Just like has been stated on about 500 other threads on this same exact topic. You know what makes me even sicker though? Listening to the self-righteous make crap up about other bunches of shooters, as if somehow because their stuff is more traditional, that somehow makes them morally superior.
Pretty wood and a nice blue job doesn't make you a good shooter. Being a good shooter makes you a good shooter. I've had a few crusty folks at the range mock my gear while I'm unpacking, because it isn't traditional. They usually stop when I beat them like rented mules, shoot faster, and more accurately than they could ever dream of, and manipulate my gun in a manner that makes them look my arthritic grandma trying to get the lid off of a jar of mayonnaise.
I don't even shoot Open pistol. Those are the guys with "pistols so bulked up with gizmos that they make a Mk 23 USSOCOM look like a keltec". However an
Open A class shooter can hit about 5 times as many targets as you can, in about half the time, and reload in the time it takes you to undo the thumbsnap on your basket weave holster. And before you get all huffy, most Open class guys would pummel you just as bad with a regular gun, because we like to shoot those too. (the word for that kind of gun is
Limited. Like your imagination).
