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2006 Rocky Mountain 3-Gun

Match Director Blane West called me up a few weeks before the match..
"Hey, the match is full, but we need RO's. If you come help us RO you can shoot. Want to?"

"Sure."

Now, if you're trying to be competitive, combining the two is not recommended.. Lesson learned. However, I really enjoyed being a part of the match and staying at the NRA Whittington Center for six days. Unlike typical 3-gun matches, the Rocky Mountains provide natural terrain. There are no man-made shooting boxes.  Everything is shot "over this rock", "behind this tree", "under this branch" and so on. It is really cool. There are no major / minor scoring in this match. There are no "points". Time is everything. Miss a target - add 10 seconds. Failure to engage - add 15 seconds. Failure to Neutralize - add 5 seconds. May sound strange, but it works. Just don't skip anything and make sure you shoot everything until it's hit! The rifle stages is definitely the primary focus of the match (3 out of 8). Shotgun, well.. learn to reload fast on the move if you want to have a chance. This year, the shotgun stages should have been done differently. Natural terrain also meant brush and vegetation which after a day of shooting the shotgun pattern had carved its signature into the target areas. This changed a couple of stages completely and ended up shaving 5-10 seconds off the shooters' times. Pistol, as seems to be the case in all 3-gun matches, are short range blasting.

I've offered to step into a more active role next year and I'll probably design a couple of stages for the 2007 match.
I am also helping out with the prize table, so if your company wants to sponsor the 2007 match, please email me.

Lots of shooters came up to us and expressed how much fun they had. Besides foot faults I pinned on a handful shooters on the stage I RO'd, people were all smiles and had a great time.


Using the rock to support, shooting 3 steel plates
at 50 yards with slugs.

This picture came out a little fuzzy... Well, the
focus was set on macro.  But I think it looks cool.

Dave Mosier, during the RO shoot,
using the rock for support on the slug stage.

Last position of the slug stage. 18 slugs and
6 bird shot on this stage. Remember not to
shoot slugs at the clays... (yep, I did.)

Sabre Defence was a major sponsor of the match.
Greg Drobny and I RO'd this stage
- The Company Store -

I'm not ashamed to say that we rocked!

Visit Greg's website..

The Boulder Squad.
Boulder Defensive Pistol League showed up in
camo pants and Hawaiian shirts.. They were a riot.
I probably shouldn't even show this, but here's

top Military He-Man...or something
Greg and I agreed that... "That shit ain't right!"

Range Officer Joe with his AR mounted
on his 4-wheeler.
Range Master JJ Johnson did a great job.
Here loading up his shotgun. Note his home-made
10-shot speed loaders...
I want some too..