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ArmaLite Ambassador Rick Birdsall uses his mechanical engineering mind to whoop up on the old guys by treating 3-Gun like a sport rather than a hobby and embracing the science of shooting. And you can too. Rick also tells us how analyizing your stage options and reacting when a stage plan has come apart is what separates the good multigun shooter from the great multigun shooter and why you should get off the couch and train!

In this Episode You’ll Learn:

• How Barack Obama encouraged Rick to get into 3-Gun
• Why adjusting on the fly and thinking on your feet is what separates the good from the great in 3Gun
• How to program your brain to remember the sequence of your stage plan to ensure success
• Why you should take each match experience and turn it into a goal for your next practice session
• How to make sure you’re not wasting ammo by coming up with a plan for that practice session
• And more!

Rick’s Sponsors

• Armalite
• Ann Arbor Arms
• Vortex Optics
• Warne Scope Mounts
• Italian Gun Grease
• AP Rhino
• Samson Manufacturing
• Atlanta Arms
• American Trigger Company
• BoomFab
• Hayes Custom Guns
• Freedom Industries
• Rose Action Sports
• Nordic Components
• Taran Tactical Innovations

Gear mentioned in this Episode:

• Lewis Machine and Tool M4-style rifle
• Remington 870
• Kimber 1911
• Vortex Razor HDII 1-6 w/ Jerry Miculek reticle
• Vortex Spitfire 1x Optic
• Armalite M-15 13.5″ 3-Gun Rifle
• Armalite M-15 18″ 3-Gun Rifle
• Timney Trigger
• Luth AR Stock
• Raptor Charging Handle
• Boomfab Titanium Carrier
• AR Gold Trigger
• Benelli M2
• AP Customs Shell Caddies
• Safariland ELS System
• Magpul Dynamics Art of the Dynamic Shotgun DVD

Matches and Organizations mentioned in this episode:

• USPSA
• 3-Gun Nation Pro-Am
• CMMG Midwest 3-Gun
• Rockcastle Pro Am
• FNH 3-Gun Championship
• Indiana Multigun Series
• Michigan Multigun Matches
• IDPA

People mentioned in this episode:

• Kurt Miller
• Pat Kelly
• Bryan Ray 
• Brian Vaught
• Greg Jordan
• Tommy Thacker
• Steve Rose of Rose Action Sports
• Keith Garcia
• Aaron Hayes of Hayes Custom Guns
• Jerry
• Chris Costa
• Daniel Horner
• Jesse Tischauser, mayor of 3-Gun
• James Casanova
• Kalani Laker
• Scott McGreggor
• BJ Norris
• Ravin Perry
• Rob Tate
• Shane Cooley
• Matt Sweeney

Video Relevant to this Episode:

• Rick practicing the Open Bolt Quad Load.

Connect with Rick:

• Find Rick on Instagram and creep on his photos
• Rick’s Twitter machine
• Like Rick’s Athlete Page on FB and put a post up on his wall to let him know how much you liked his interview on The 3-Gun Show.

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 Rick for being on The 3-Gun Show! It was a pleasure sir!