Running a successful shooting league takes a lot more than passionate shooters. That's why a lot of these other leagues, TSA, ACEs, USCA, have all largely failed to make a nationwide splash. 3-Gun Nation has succeeded as a league because the people in charge are good at business and focused on making a good product that appeals to sponsors, which means they can deliver good rewards to shooters.
Hey folks, I'm the founder and President of PASS. I am a little late to this party, but wanted to wade in on a few issues. For those of you who have posted positive comments.......THANKS! For thos of you who voiced their displeasure, thank you too! I learn more ways to make things better from folks who aren't exactly thrilled with our product than those who like it.
The whole premise of this sport is to remove subjective rulings and calls. If the midline rule or the noticeable bulge rule get abused, they will be re-worded, clarified, and/or axed. The rules exist to prevent things like appendix carry, but it was difficult to put in a black/white rule without getting nitty.
As for the stock photos............I don't care for them either! As you can (hopefully) tell, we spent quite a bit to have a website designed that would appeal to people not currently involved in the shooting sports. Companies that know a lot about website design don't know squat about competitive shooting. The first pictures that they tried to use were way worse than what we have up now. If this sport catches on (things are looking pretty good in Texas and throughout the South), we will be changing those pictures soon.
I'm well aware of TSA and IDSA. I hope that I have learned a little something from their misfortunes. 3GN has a definite advantage in the sponsorship department BECAUSE they use three guns. With competitors using shotguns, rifles, optics, pistols, ect. they have a much wider base of potential sponsors than a pistol sport does. My business partner (my wife, who has an MBA) and I have learned quite a bit from the failure of those other sports as well as the success of 3GN.
We know that there will always be things in the rules that some people don't care for, but our goal is to be as responsive as we can to what shooters want. Prior to launching, we spent a considerable amount of time running test matches and we adjusted the rules to fit what shooters were telling us they liked and didn't like. Some of the rules that I liked when I first wrote the rule book got axed because shooters didn't like some of the things we did. The end result is a sport that really is pretty darn fun!
All we are asking right now is for folks to try it, we think you'll enjoy it.
I'll check back occasionally to see if folks have questions for me. If you want to ask me questions about ANYTHING, try the "contact us" tab on our website.
This is a thread where I built a boat I designed and which I very occasionally update with accounts of using it, which is really fun as long as I'm not driving over logs and blowing up the outboard.
https://pistol-forum.com/showthread....ilding-a-skiff
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After several years of shooting IDPA, I've come to the conclusion that I want my shooting sports to be just that: sports. I don't want training. I don't want real life-inspired scenarios. I don't want to be told I have to shoot it this way or that way. I don't want to be told I have to use concealment. I want just sport, with zero pretensions of "real life", "training", or "practicality".
Technical excellence supports tactical preparedness
Lord of the Food Court
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