Advice needed: 3 Gun shotgun tips

Still alive said:
Another question:

As a 3G newbie, what percentage of shooters actually use only a dump pouch to reload?
Especially in Open?
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The only folks we have reloading with dump pouches are either brand new, on a very limited budget, or are just shooting for fun and time/score is irrelevant, regardless of division. One exception is when the stage round count is higher than what they normally carry.

I'd guess it's less than 20% of shooters and any given match. Often guys who start the year with dump pouches are loading quads at the end of the season.
 
Still alive said:
Hey guys,
Signed up for my first 3-gun match at the BC Redneck.
I'm very familiar with AR and handguns and competing with them.
However, I have very minimal experience with the shotgun component.
I have a Mossberg 500 extended tube pump with a AR style pistol gripped buttstock. And a RDS.
I realize this puts me in Open.
I don't have any shotgun caddies or bandoliers etc. I plan on using a dump pouch to reload for my first match. I really don't want to spend the cash on shotgun paraphenalia as I'm not sure this is my thing yet.
Questions:
Do any of you 3-gunners use a dump pouch to load? I've never seen it, sounds SLOOOWWW
If you do, what tips do you have for quicker reloads with one? Try to grab them from the correct end, don't try to fiddle with them in your hand, if it's not going to go in, just let it fall to the ground, shells are cheap.
Should I remove the RDS so I don't handicap myself further? Or just go with it and learn from the experience?
If so, will a ghost ring rear and a FO front work well? Definitely ditch the dot, 1 bead (brass or fiber) is more than sufficient. The gun should point instinctually already, I find ghost rings slow me down. FWIW, I have a double bead on my Tacord Versamax with a green fiber in front.
I'm doing this for fun and experience. I shoot IDPA and not IPSC so relative speed is already not a factor for me.

Thanks for any tips and advice!Coming from another IPSC shooter, have fun, go slow at first and you'll have an absolute BLAST!
Cheers!
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My thoughts :)
 
Best kind of shooter is one that doesn't take things too seriously! I shoot almost all shotgun from a pocket, or a butt stock sleeve. Ya I am slow.....VERY slow compared to the guys doing quad loads etc. But it is good practice. Some guys last year went and bought the cheesy shotgun bandolier belts from Walmart and just slung them around their chests. They worked great and are dirt cheap. I would take your rds of your gun to stay out of open. You will probably have way more fun as most of the open class guys/girls are pretty competitive and you will probably feel out of place with a pump gun and a pocket full of shells. Have fun and expect a hit to your wallet......3-gun can get expensive fast. Very addicting
 
Still alive said:
I have a huge dump pouch. How high is a high round count? So you take the miss penalty if you run out of ammo, I guess?
I would fit in the brand new and time/ score is irrelevant category!
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For me, over 25 is a large shotgun stage. I can carry 40-ish in twins, plus what's in the gun, so it's not a big deal.

Yep, penalties for targets not hit. We assign a 10 second penalty for steel or pigeons not shot.
 
Still alive said:
Anyone use KSGs and UTAS shotguns in 3G?
The high round count sounds useful but the reloading could really slow you down? Opinions?
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'Had one fella try to shoot a match with a KSG.
I don't think he made it through one stage without timing out. Perhaps it was inexperience with the gun, but he just couldn't get it to run. Unloading/showing clear was a nightmare and ate up a lot of time between shooters. IMHO the gun is far to complicated to operate.
Simple, straight fwd, time proven actions are the way to go.
 
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