Why 3 Gun?
3 Gun is probably the most practical, useful, and adrenaline filled sport in the gun world today. The 3 guns it uses are the pistol (semi-automatic), the rifle (typically an AR-15), and the shotgun (pump or semi-auto).
It puts the participant in the position of having to shoot on the move, in a hurry, with multiple guns in an obstacle course style race format.
Its hard to imagine a more useful way to train civilians to be prepared for a situation in which they may need to use a firearm to defend themselves or their family. 3 Gun competitions use the exact weapons that a person would most likely use in a genuine self defense situation and simultaneously put the shooter under the pressure of a time constraint by making the competition a race.
When you are in a race, your adrenaline flows like crazy. Your fingers start to shake, you forget to disengage your safety when your ready to shoot, you miss targets that would have otherwise been easy because you’re in such a rush and so pumped with adrenaline.
This is exactly what makes 3 Gun so important and useful. When someone breaks into your house in the middle of the night do you think they’re going to patiently wait while you load your pistol, take aim, disengage the safety, and fire slow well aimed shots? Of course not. You are going to be in the biggest rush of your life and your adrenaline is going to explode through your veins as you attempt to take immediate action to save the lives of your family. This is when the quality of your training will get be shown for what it is.
If you have never shot outside of slow paced calm range shooting or hunting, you are going to be ill-prepared for a life or death engagement and you will simply freeze up and make multiple deadly mistakes when it matters most.
If on the other hand you have deliberately repeatedly put yourself into training situations that require you to rush, that cause your adrenaline to pump like crazy, and that make you shoot fast and accurate, your body will simply do what its been trained to do through those hundreds of previous training experiences. This is what is called muscle memory and it is the key to performing flawlessly in highly intense stressful situations. When you are in a fight or flight emergency mode, your conscious mind turns off and your body simply acts. Unless it has been trained to specifically act in a certain way for such a situation, it will fail to do so. You do not have time to “think through” your decisions in a life or death emergency situation.
So many aspects of 3 Gun will be new to you when you first start out such as
The list goes on and on…
When you enter your first 3 Gun competition, you will get to experience exactly how badly such a life or death emergency situation would have gone without the proper training. You will find yourself dropping magazines, forgetting to disengage the safety of your weapon when you are ready to shoot, failing to quickly clear simple jams, missing shots that would normally be extremely easy for you, taking what seems like an eternity to load another magazine, etc., etc. It will feel like you’ve never even shot before. Don’t worry, you’re NOT alone. This is how everyone starts out when they first enter into the world of real time, real scenario shooting. There are always several competitors at every 3 Gun competition who are a first timer and who make more mistakes like these than you could imagine. No one will laugh at you. We’re all here for the same reason…to get get good…really good. You will find expert 3 Gunners giving you priceless technique advice and tips that will help you as you grow into a world class real life shooter.
Don’t wait another minute. If you own a firearm and think that this will protect you and your family in an emergency, think again. You will protect you and your family. Your firearm is merely a tool and it is only as good as its operator (you). Too many people get killed by their own weapon when trying to defend themselves in their home. Do not become one of these statistics. Get involved in 3 Gun today.
Find a 3 Gun competition in your area.
It puts the participant in the position of having to shoot on the move, in a hurry, with multiple guns in an obstacle course style race format.
Its hard to imagine a more useful way to train civilians to be prepared for a situation in which they may need to use a firearm to defend themselves or their family. 3 Gun competitions use the exact weapons that a person would most likely use in a genuine self defense situation and simultaneously put the shooter under the pressure of a time constraint by making the competition a race.
When you are in a race, your adrenaline flows like crazy. Your fingers start to shake, you forget to disengage your safety when your ready to shoot, you miss targets that would have otherwise been easy because you’re in such a rush and so pumped with adrenaline.
This is exactly what makes 3 Gun so important and useful. When someone breaks into your house in the middle of the night do you think they’re going to patiently wait while you load your pistol, take aim, disengage the safety, and fire slow well aimed shots? Of course not. You are going to be in the biggest rush of your life and your adrenaline is going to explode through your veins as you attempt to take immediate action to save the lives of your family. This is when the quality of your training will get be shown for what it is.
If you have never shot outside of slow paced calm range shooting or hunting, you are going to be ill-prepared for a life or death engagement and you will simply freeze up and make multiple deadly mistakes when it matters most.
If on the other hand you have deliberately repeatedly put yourself into training situations that require you to rush, that cause your adrenaline to pump like crazy, and that make you shoot fast and accurate, your body will simply do what its been trained to do through those hundreds of previous training experiences. This is what is called muscle memory and it is the key to performing flawlessly in highly intense stressful situations. When you are in a fight or flight emergency mode, your conscious mind turns off and your body simply acts. Unless it has been trained to specifically act in a certain way for such a situation, it will fail to do so. You do not have time to “think through” your decisions in a life or death emergency situation.
So many aspects of 3 Gun will be new to you when you first start out such as
- shooting while experiencing a major adrenaline rush
- shooting rapid double taps
- shooting at multiple targets one after another as quickly as possible
- shooting close and far targets in rapid sequence (such as a 5 yard target immediately followed by a 200 yard target)
- switching weapons rapidly and safely
- shooting on the move
- reloading rapidly and under the pressure of a time constraint
- reloading, aiming, and shooting with shaking hands
The list goes on and on…
When you enter your first 3 Gun competition, you will get to experience exactly how badly such a life or death emergency situation would have gone without the proper training. You will find yourself dropping magazines, forgetting to disengage the safety of your weapon when you are ready to shoot, failing to quickly clear simple jams, missing shots that would normally be extremely easy for you, taking what seems like an eternity to load another magazine, etc., etc. It will feel like you’ve never even shot before. Don’t worry, you’re NOT alone. This is how everyone starts out when they first enter into the world of real time, real scenario shooting. There are always several competitors at every 3 Gun competition who are a first timer and who make more mistakes like these than you could imagine. No one will laugh at you. We’re all here for the same reason…to get get good…really good. You will find expert 3 Gunners giving you priceless technique advice and tips that will help you as you grow into a world class real life shooter.
Don’t wait another minute. If you own a firearm and think that this will protect you and your family in an emergency, think again. You will protect you and your family. Your firearm is merely a tool and it is only as good as its operator (you). Too many people get killed by their own weapon when trying to defend themselves in their home. Do not become one of these statistics. Get involved in 3 Gun today.
Find a 3 Gun competition in your area.
