Competition

"Ruger is looking to its fans and aficionados to help design a Ruger 10/22 rifle to commemorate the 50th anniversary of America’s favorite rimfire rifle," the gunmaker's presser reveals. Design a 10/22 that Ruger...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8J81V3Aju8 For the average 3-gun competitor, things run pretty seamlessly at matches. You show up, you run through the stages with the help of the range officers and then, at some point, you see the...

Last week, I made the trip out to West Virginia for the FNH USA 3-Gun championship. I'll have the full posts in a few days, but until then enjoy a few pictures of some...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVfwwKGdFNM At the overwhelming majority of shooting competitions, you will never see a truly slung rifle. Slings are commonly used for precision long-range shooting competitions, but seeing a 3-gun stage where the start position is...

  When you're in a shooting competition, and especially when there are guns to be won on the prize table, there are no do-overs. If you completely and totally screw up a stage, you can't...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SMOdRSBW-4 3-Gun stages have gotten a bit stagnant these days. Truth be told, there isn't really much you can do with a square shooting bay. But for those lucky enough to have a nice, big...

The 3-Gun Nation Pro Series events are all individual competitions (someone leaves with a check after every meet) but they also lead up to something bigger. The culminating event is the 3-Gun Nation shoot-off...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OI0VbF5Mw For the final day of the competition, we only had two stages left. My chances of a good finish had already flown out the window, so all I was concerned with was not making...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3378IREteJ0 The first day of the AR15.com 3-gun went...okay. There were some things I wish I'd done done better (like not hitting the damned no-shoot target), but all-in-all I was doing pretty well. By the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9xtuS6aDZY A good 3-gun match is all about making choices. Choices like whether to shoot a target with a handgun or a shotgun. Which side of a "V"-shaped couse to start on. And where to...

We'd set today as the last day for our first TTAG Swag photo contest. But since we had a little, well, mishap this week, we're extending the deadline. The good news: you now have...

The AR15.com 3-gun match in Kentucky is billed as a "pro/am" match. Shooters are divided into two groups, with the shooters themselves self-selecting their preferred association, either "Pro" or "Amateur." I had expected that...