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Carbon Arms and Element Multigun shooter, product designer, instructor and all around great guy James Casanova fills our ears with an immense amount of practical advice for new and mid-level shooters from technical aspects of 3-Gun, safety and technique to valuable tips for your first season of 3-Gun and beyond. James also tells us about new products he’s testing and developing and how to get a kickstart into the sport with Element Multigun.

In this Episode You’ll Learn:

• Why the 200 yard zero is the ideal zero for point blank hold in 3-Gun.
• How you can challenge yourself and shoot against James by sucking it up and competing in the Limited/Factory division.
• Why you should ditch your shotgun barrel/magazine tube clamp
• How to make every stage a new match by working on your mental game.
• Why the new 3-Gun Nation Rules for Factory division are a good thing.
• How to structure your practice to conserve ammo and work on your weaknesses.
• And more!

James’s Sponsors

• Carbon Arms Corp.
• Element Multigun
• Freedom Munitions
• Benelli USA
• Burris Optics
• 5.11 Tactical
• Nordic Components
• Lucas Oil Outdoor Line
• Warne Scope Mounts
• The Shooters Source
• LAC Tactical
• ESS Eye Pro
• Grand Slam Sports
• Taran Tactical Innovations

Gear mentioned in this Episode:

• TWinS Pinwheel Loading System
• Benelli M2 modified by Taran Tactical Innovations
• AR-15 Uppers
• Carbon Feather Handguard
• Dedicated .22 Uppers
• Nordic Components Barrel
• FNS Base Pads
• FNS Mag Wells
• Carbon Arms Chest Rig
• Carbon Arms Shotgun Tubes
• Stretch-16 Barrel by Strong Side Tactical
• AR Gold Trigger
• Magpul MOE Stock
• JP Low Mass Bolt Carrier
• Young Manufacturing Low Mass Bolt Carrier
• Nordic Receivers
• Burris AR-1X
• Leupold Prismatic
• Burris XTR-II 1-5 w/ Mil Reticle
• Taran Tactical/Carbon Arms Benelli M2 with 24″ Barrel
• 24 Round Backbone
• ZEV Glock Pistol
• TTI Glock Pistol
• Tanfoglio
• FNS Long Slide

Matches and Organizations mentioned in this episode:

• Carbon Arms
• Carbon Arms 3-Gun Team
• Element Multigun
• USPSA
• Rocky Mountain 3-Gun
• Whittington Center
• Noveske Shooting Team
• Noveske Rifleworks
• 3-Gun Nation
• Superstition Mystery Mountain 3-Gun
• Italy World Shoot
• Remington Versa Max Shotgun Challenge
• Woody’s Hunt Club
• 3-Gun Nation Southwestern Regional
• Copperhead Creek Range
• Atlanta 3-Gun
• Cherokee Gun Club
• Boulder Rifle Club
• Aurora Gun Club

People mentioned in this episode:

• Mark Passamaneck
• Carl Carbon
• JJ & Denise Johnson
• Mike Payne

Video Relevant to this Episode:

• James discusses what gear you need for the Factory division of 3-Gun Nation

• “You slugged that target” – Dave’s rookie mistake

Connect with James:

• Like James’ page on Facebook and put a post up on his wall to let him know how much you liked his interview on The 3-Gun Show!
• Need help with your training? Want to send James your naming ideas for the newly designed comp? Email James@elementmultigun.com.
• Every 3-Gun fan should be on Instagram. And when you are, check out James’ instagram… And of course the 3-Gun Show… But mostly James.

Thanks for listening!

Thank you so much for listening to the 3-Gun Show podcast! Have feedback? Leave a comment here or email me at dave@3gunshow.com.

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A big thanks to James for being on The 3-Gun Show! You sir are awesome!