3 Gun Tips and Tricks

Sounds like you'll come up short when you fumble a reload or have to clear a malfunction and drop a mag on the ground. Hell, if I had a dollar for every time I saw a mag on the ground after failing to seat it properly during a reload I'd have enough money for a couple extra LAR mags.
 
When I use LAR mags, I run the coupled. I don't see a reason to ever run them single. A single LAR mag is so short that it is hard to get out of a pouch, hard to get in the gun, and hard to get out of the gun. Also it requires more mag pouches on your belt.
 
Innavedaw said:
I've been using coupled LAR mags for a couple years now...no issues with the feed lips. Unless you step on them it's unlikely you will damage them...at most they are dropping a couple feet.
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A couple feet at most? More like 5 feet, right? Thanks for sharing your experience with them. I'm still not sure I'm comfortable with dropping them.

Stevo how do you pack your side-by-side coupled mags?
 
grimreefer said:
A couple feet at most? More like 5 feet, right? Thanks for sharing your experience with them. I'm still not sure I'm comfortable with dropping them.

Stevo how do you pack your side-by-side coupled mags?
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I generally start with that one in the gun.

You can stick one of the mags in a regular kydex belt mag holder and as long as you don't have to go prone it works just fine.
 
No problems with the feed lips for me. I'm usually dropping LAR mags free on dirt / grass / gravel outdoors. I'm not worried about it at all. It's a much easier life than my pistol mags that get dropped onto concrete all winter long.
 
adamg said:
No problems with the feed lips for me. I'm usually dropping LAR mags free on dirt / grass / gravel outdoors. I'm not worried about it at all. It's a much easier life than my pistol mags that get dropped onto concrete all winter long.
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My concern is with coupled mags, which would land feed lips first and double the weight.
 
grimreefer said:
My concern is with coupled mags, which would land feed lips first and double the weight.
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Fair enough, but the equation for match results that I do in my head tells me it is worth it. It's true they might only last 5 years running them coupled and dropping on ground, but in the grand scheme of 3gun the dollar cost per second saved over all your matches in those 5 years makes it pretty cost effective compared to a lot of other things we do.
 
I'm not concerned with the cost. My concern is with reliability and it possibly costing time in a match or causing me stress. It seems like it might be introducing another variable and possibility for failure. I'm new at this though, and not basing it off of experience, so maybe I'm way off base.
 
I think this is a great thread, and I've learned a lot from you guys and your experience. I've shot one match but I can safely say that I am hooked.

I think I need to make a decision about my shotgun. I am not planning on venturing outside Canada to participate in 3 gun. However, I don't want to be ristricted by my equipment either. I guess my question is.....would it be possible to be very competitive in Canadian 3 gun matches with a pump shotgun?

I am currently running a Winchester SXP Defender (5+1). I need to decide if I should invest further into this gun (thread for chokes and add mag tube extension), or switch to a semi-auto shotgun instead.
 
grimreefer said:
My concern is with coupled mags, which would land feed lips first and double the weight.
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Work out more :)

My setup includes a 4 LAR mag coupler on the gun.

Some people have said it's awkward, I say it's a training hurdle to get over. If that is what you've settled on, practice practice practice 'cause 3 Gun is fun!

The feedlips are a little bunged up, but they still work and honestly, they really are a consumable.
 
Cyanide Ride said:
Work out more :)
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Lol that's not what I meant. My point was that the feedlips were hitting the ground with double the weight of a single mag. I guess if you have 4 coupled together and you haven't had any issues I'm probably worried about nothing. Though if you've got 40 rounds on board, you probably don't have much reason to drop it, right?
 
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