The Psychology of the Re-Shoot
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...
Shooting the 2013 FNH USA 3-Gun Championship, Part 1
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...
Shooting the 2013 AR15.com Pro/Am, Day 1
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...
Shooting the 2013 AR15.com Pro/Am, Day 3
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...
En Route to a Weekend with Team FNH USA
I love flying. I love it a lot more when I'm the pilot in command (hence why I'm dropping about $10k on a PPL) but I'll take it any way I can get it....
Sneak Peek: My Lack of Free Time is Your Benefit
Looking at the calendar for the next two months, I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I'll be burning through all of my time off from the day job (and working extra days...
If You Shoot It, They Will Come
At SHOT Show this year, I heard the craziest idea I’d ever heard in my life: someone was going to host a women’s only 3-gun match, and they fully expected to sell out the...
Back on the Horse: Shooting the Texas Tactical Carbine Match at Cedar Ridge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj2x-bN5baA
After the minor trainwreck that was my performance in the Best of the West 3-gun a couple weeks ago, I was itching to jump back into another competition and see if all that practicing...
I’ll Never Shoot 3-Gun With Reloads Again — The Musical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZGX_23xuTo
Professional 3-gun shooters are a strange bunch. Point in case: making up songs about how using your buddy's hand-loaded ammunition in a competition stage without trying it first is a very, very bad idea....
When Is a Dropped Gun Not a Dropped Gun? Or The Slippery Slope of...
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...
Shooting the 2013 Crimson Trace Midnight 3-Gun Invitational – Night 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwUbYPAC7dk
One of the greatest 3-gun events in the US is the Crimson Trace Midnight 3-Gun Invitational. The competition is held in the dead of night inbeautifulBend, Oregon, and there's always tons o' fun stuff...
Shooting the 2013 AR15.com Pro/Am, Day 2
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...