3GN Championship Set For Las Vegas
The FNH USA 3-Gun Nation Tour, Presented by SureFire, will culminate its inaugural season with the 3GN Championship Sept. 13 at the Desert Sportsman’s Rifle & Pistol Club in Las Vegas, where the top 3-gunners in the country will be battling for $40,000.
The 3GN Championship wraps up the ground-breaking new tournament series, with 50 competitors earning their right to compete based on points accumulated throughout the season. Also, 10 slots will be up for grabs at this year’s USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals, giving 60 shooters an invitation to claim the 3GN National Championship of 3-gun and the grand prize of $25,000, courtesy of Leupold. The second place finisher will take home a check for $10,000, courtesy of US P.A.L.M., while third place pays $5,000, courtesy of Timney Triggers.
The event will be held in cooperation with USPSA. As such, USPSA rules will be used for division and equipment classification, and the 3GN Championship will be run as a Tactical Optics (or Standard Tactical) match. However, scoring will follow IMGA rules, such as used as DPMS Superstition Mountain Mystery 3-Gun. Andy Horner, a veteran competitive shooter and match director for the annual Sabre Defence Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun, will be the match director and stage designer for the 3GN Championship.
“Andy is going to add so much to our match,” said Pete Brown, President, 3-Gun Nation. “The stages are going to be fast and exciting to watch, yet they’ll blend in Andy’s ability to make them extremely challenging as well. This will be a fitting exclamation point to what we think will be the season that forever redefines the sport of 3-gun.”
The one-day match will comprise of four stages of fire, and competitors will use their own gear during the first four traditional stages. At this time, Horner is working with USPSA and range officials to incorporate the use of all three guns on each stage. However, the stage designs are subject to change, and the stages will not be posted prior to the match. Ultimately, competitors should expect an extremely challenging course of fire.
“The shooters making it into the 60 slots of the 3-Gun Nation Championship match should expect stages to challenge their abilities with all three guns,” Horner said.
Upon completion of the four traditional stages, the top 16 will advance to the 3GN shoot-off format, where competitors will then switch to 3GN sponsor equipment. Those competitors will be seeded according to their overall score from the match, and entered into a 16-man, head-to-head, single elimination tournament bracket.
“3-Gun Nation is going to expose thousands of shooters and non-shooters to the sport of 3-gun competition on a regular basis,” Horner said. “This exposure should grow the sport, and thereby benefit not only our shooters, but the companies in the shooting industry who support 3-gun competitions. By providing an exciting and challenging match, we hope to energize viewers to come out and participate in 3-gun matches—which is the most fun you can have in competitive shooting.”
The match fee will be $150, payable onsite during the Multi-Gun Nationals, or on the morning of the 3GN Championship. For more information, contact Chad Adams at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
The entire tournament series, including DPMS Superstition Mountain Mystery 3-Gun, Sabre Defence Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun, FNH USA Midwest 3-Gun Championships, MGM Ironman, JP Enterprises Rocky Mountain 3-Gun, the Wildcard event at USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals and the 3GN Championship will all be featured in the new television show, “3-Gun Nation,” debuting on Versus Monday, July 26 at 7:30 AM EST, with a repeat airing on Thursday, July 29 at 3 PM EST.
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