Originally Posted by
SteepandDeep
Hey Ya'll,
Couple questions. Doing first 3 gun match this month. Shot IDPA for 3 years. Not the best but I try hard.
1. Should I use my 18" rifle sighted barrel or 26" duck barrel on a remington 870?
2. Do you guys use high brass 7.5 loads or the low brass target stuff?
3. No $$ for fancy mag carriers, carrying a rifle mag in the back pocket is cool?
And any other tips keep it smooth?
Thanks and I appreciate your time...
A duck gun will work better as a three gun shotgun assuming you get a magazine extension than defensive shotgun with a short barrel and rifle sights with no choke.
The reasons being.
1. rifle sights suck on movers and you can shoot nearly as accurately with a vent rib and a fiber optic bead. Also you shoot a lot more bird shot than you do slugs in three gun.
2. You need to have chokes. An open chocked gun will suck on long range steel and on targets like the MGM spinner and Texas star. Seen a lot of frustrated shooters. If you do run an open choked gun get some high brass pheasant loads for these targets and pray. But with low brass ammo I can do fine with the right choke. I generally run light modified 90% of the time and occaisionally Improved modified for harder steel shots and some times cylinder bore for close in clay stages.
Rifle mag in back pocket is ok for now. I would get a coupled mag system however and also a kydex magazine pouch. As for shotgun ammo when your ready get a load 2 vest their so much faster and easier to learn.
Pat
Serving as a LEO since 1999.
USPSA# A56876 A Class
Firearms Instructor
Armorer for AR15, 1911, Glocks and Remington 870 shotguns.
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