12 year old completes Strangers in the Night 1Gun stage.
1Gun is designed to combine the well liked aspects from the different shooting sports, with dynamic stages and simpler rules. While we fully understand no game can ever prepare one for a real world defensive situation, we are just trying to build on basic skills that one should have; by rewarding quick, accurate shooting with the ability to think on the fly. To do this, we combined standards, mission based, and run-n-gun type stages with a more dynamic experience that requires the shooter to adapt vs replay a rehearsed stage plan.
Blind coin flips are done during the stage reset, hidden under a cup, revealing the threat target color after the starting beep, producing dynamic stages. By the pure definition of dynamic stages, we are saying the stage is not the same for each shooter. This is okay, and is by design. Stages will be designed to be fair, not exact or symmetrical. In other words, every effort will be placed on keeping the shooting complexity similar, regardless of which color threat is drawn. But depending on your strengths and or weaknesses, the luck of the draw could be the equalizer. But with that said, we believe that these slight differences balance out by the end of the match and the benefits of creating a more dynamic experience, far out weighs any little differences.
The equipment required to participate are:
Eye protection
Hearing protection
Pistol (semiautomatic or revolver, in working order and safe)
* All safeties in working order
Minimum of 2 magazines or speedloaders (4 magazines or speedloaders recommended)
Magazine or speedholder holder/pouch (including the shooter's pocket)
Outside the Waistband (OWB) holster
* None of the trigger is exposed when holstered
Gun or tactical belt
Gun case
100 rounds of ammo
The equipment is legal, if the following can be done without any of your equipment coming loose:
* Jumping at least 6” off the ground
* Standing from a sitting position in a standard chair
1Gun practices and matches are held on some Sundays starting at 5pm; they can be found on the RRRMC calendar. If you plan on attending a practice or match and you haven’t been to the RRRMC (or it’s been over a year), complete the liability waiver. Upon arrival at the range, you’ll check in, pay any applicable fees, and receive a safety briefing from the match director or safety officer.
A RRRMC membership is not required, but a $15 shooting fee will be due upon check in.
A 1Gun Membership is currently not required, but highly encouraged. An annual membership costs $25 and will help support growing this new shooting sport.
An individual membership gives you access to the extended 1gun.org content and maintains your classification data that will be needed by 1Gun clubs. In addition you will be notified on all rules, classifiers, and other important content changes.
Your first practice is free so you can see if you like it!
Afterwards, practices cost $10 for RRRMC members. An additional $15 shooting fee is required for non-members.
Matches cost $20 for RRRMC members. An additional $15 shooting fee is required for non-members.
6pm-930pm is the time we'd like to see from initial set-up to final clean-up, BUT it will require a team effort. The more people that help with stage set-up and reset, the faster we can get shooters through each stage. Don't be "That Guy" (see 1Gun Rulebook about being "That Guy").
Our goal is to have 4 stages per practice or match, but again it will primarily depend on all shooters helping out.
Divisions are based on the maximum round count (L6, L8, L10, L15, and the optional R10 division) that are allowed to be in the loading device. All L-divisions compete straight up against pistols in that division, i.e. a 6-shot revolver competes against 6-shot semi-automatic and so forth.
Categories (or subdivisions) define the type of sights that will be used, Iron or Optic.
Types of 1Gun Stages
These stages test basic gun handling and marksmanship.
These stages have a specific mission; i.e. start here, do this, do that, end at this position.
The only purpose of these stages is to move and shoot as fast as you can SAFELY.
What are people saying about 1Gun?
First 1Gun participants in North Dakota.
Still have questions? Email us at rrrmc.1gun@gmail.com