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3GN Championship Shooter Field Beginning to Take Shape
Kurt Miller sits in a four-way tie atop the 3GN Standings with Daniel Horner, Barry Dueck and Clint Upchurch.
By Chad Adams (photos by Yamil Sued)

Kurt Miller sits in a four-way tie atop the 3GN Standings with Daniel Horner, Barry Dueck and Clint Upchurch.

3-Gun Nation

USA --(Ammoland.com)- The top four slots on the 2011 FNH USA 3-Gun Nation Tour, Presented by SureFire, held steady following the Adams Arms Ozark 3-Gun Championship, with SureFire’s Barry Dueck, Colt’s Clint Upchurch, U.S. AMU’s Daniel Horner and Benelli’s Kurt Miller maintaining their four-way tie for the top spot.

Adam Popplewell’s second place finish at Ozark pushed him into fifth place overall, bumping Mike Voigt to sixth place.

Rob Romero picked up his second division this season in Heavy Metal, bumping him up to the number seven slot. Jerry Miculek moved up three spots to number eight following a win at the Pro Am, while Taran Butler and Bryan Ray round out the top 10.

Kelly Neal made his long-awaited 3GN Standings debut after finally picking up his third match of the season at the Pro Am, vaulting the veteran 3-gunner to 12th overall. Greg Jordan picked up his third score as well recently, entering the standings in 14th place, while Joe Satterfield debuted in the 3GN Standings at 24th.

With eight matches recorded, the 3GN Top 50 is taking shape, with only one match remaining, the USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals, before the field is locked. Following Nationals, the top 50 competitors are then guaranteed a slot in the 3GN Championship. These competitors will also be guaranteed a slot in the FNH USA Championships, should they desire to compete.

Then at the FNH USA Championships in November, 14 additional slots will be earned based on series points, bringing the 3GN Championship field to 64 competitors—all vying for the title of 3GN Champion, and $25,000 from Leupold Tactical Optics.

3GN Top 50

See the full 3GN Standings at http://www.3gunnation.com/the_series/standings.

Clint Upchurch, seen at Superstition, has led the 3GN Standings all season. Can he put it together in November for a 3GN Championship win?

Eds. Note: All competitors are encouraged to begin checking all of their scores immediately. Any scoring errors must be reported to 3GN prior to the beginning of the FNH USA 3-Gun Championships in November to be valid for the 3GN Championship, Lady Shoot-Off or Junior Shoot-Off.

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Harris Extends 3GN Junior Shooter Lead
Leeper Jumps to Second After Strong Ozark Finish.
By Chad Adams

No Junior has more 3GN Shoot-Off experience than Benelli's Katie Harris. Will that make the difference come November?

3-Gun Nation

USA --(Ammoland.com)- With two events remaining on the 2011 FNH USA 3-Gun Nation Tour, Presented by SureFire, Katie Harris has all but ran away with the Junior division—making the Georgia high school student the favorite in the 3GN Junior Shoot-Off, and the top prize of $5,000, courtesy of Cheaper Than Dirt!

Harris (196.54) added to her lead with an outstanding performance in Tactical Optics at the recent Adams Arms Ozark 3-Gun Championship, where she shot 68-percent of Daniel Horner’s division-winning time. Staying that close to Horner, especially on a natural terrain course of fire, shows just how much Harris has improved over the course of only her second season in 3-gun competition.

Equally impressive at Ozark, Cody Leeper shot a 66.77 in Tactical Optics, including a stage win over the entire division, likely the best individual stage performance by a junior since Horner himself tore up major 3-gun matches prior to his enlistment in the U.S. AMU. Leeper’s score pushed his overall 3GN points to 172.11.

Warne’s JD Wilcox (105.42) sits in third place on the 3GN Junior Standings; however, he will likely need a big finish, and maybe a little luck, to hold off both Jake Denno and Hayden Hixson. With two scores apiece, if Denno and Hixson each add one more score, and shoot to their ability, they should take home the final two slots. But if just one of them slips up, then Wilcox, in his first year of competition, could be shooing for Cheaper Than Dirt’s $5,000 prize in the 3GN Junior Shoot-Off in November.

See the full 3GN Junior Standings at http://www.3gunnation.com/the_series/standings/j/juniors_standings.

Cody Leeper picked up an impressive stage win in Tactical Optics during the Adams Arms Ozark 3-Gun.

Eds. Note: All competitors are encouraged to begin checking all of their scores immediately. Any scoring errors must be reported to 3GN prior to the beginning of the FNH USA 3-Gun Championships in November to be valid for the 3GN Championship, Lady Shoot-Off or Junior Shoot-Off.

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