This venue looks like it has amazing potential. Match Command staff looks like they need some development. Inconsistent rule application will not endear shooters to return.
I agree about the venue, it has a great mix of long range, bays, and natural terrain options. It also hosts a large amount of clays/skeet/trap activities and I think that equipment could have been integrated into some fun stages. The match command really seemed to be making rookie mistakes. I know it wasn't their first match, but you could have fooled me into thinking it was.
Definitely wouldn’t recommend a major match for newer three gun shooters. Three gun has a lot of moving parts that major matches just amplify typically and can be overwhelming for the less experienced 3 gun shooters. As for rules at majors (and most the locals I have shot) a basic rule set is typically published but depending on the stage design, location, specific safety concerns with location or design, the written stage at each stage is ultimately the rules for that stage.
Valid points! My word choice when I mention "newer shooters" is, truthfully, a way for me to say "less skilled shooters" in a diplomatic way. There were very experienced shooters who, for example, shot poorly on stage 10's array of ~30 pistol targets leading to yada yada yada you get the drift. I love 3 gun and I want it to succeed and grow. I agree that 3 gun has a tradition of poorly uniformed rules/stages, and I think that tradition is very high on the list of reasons why 3 gun shrunk/failed/continues to shrink/fail.
This venue looks like it has amazing potential. Match Command staff looks like they need some development. Inconsistent rule application will not endear shooters to return.
I agree about the venue, it has a great mix of long range, bays, and natural terrain options. It also hosts a large amount of clays/skeet/trap activities and I think that equipment could have been integrated into some fun stages.
The match command really seemed to be making rookie mistakes. I know it wasn't their first match, but you could have fooled me into thinking it was.
I always stay until the end....just in case
Definitely wouldn’t recommend a major match for newer three gun shooters. Three gun has a lot of moving parts that major matches just amplify typically and can be overwhelming for the less experienced 3 gun shooters. As for rules at majors (and most the locals I have shot) a basic rule set is typically published but depending on the stage design, location, specific safety concerns with location or design, the written stage at each stage is ultimately the rules for that stage.
Valid points! My word choice when I mention "newer shooters" is, truthfully, a way for me to say "less skilled shooters" in a diplomatic way. There were very experienced shooters who, for example, shot poorly on stage 10's array of ~30 pistol targets leading to yada yada yada you get the drift.
I love 3 gun and I want it to succeed and grow. I agree that 3 gun has a tradition of poorly uniformed rules/stages, and I think that tradition is very high on the list of reasons why 3 gun shrunk/failed/continues to shrink/fail.