General Information

Rocky Mountain 3-Gun World Championship

Rocky Mountain 3-Gun is an action shooting match set in the Natural Terrain of the NRA Whittington Center just south of Raton , New Mexico . Click here for a map to the Whittington Center.The riverbeds, mountains, trees and rocks provide the props for our stages.

RM3Gun is a very physical match. Whittington is at over 6000 feet as well, so it adds some extra difficulty for shooters coming from sea level. The match has a healthy amount of long range rifle. You can expect 400 yard rifle targets every year. We try to strike a balance between rifle, shotgun and pistol, but you will definitely have lots of rifle because it's one of the only places you can shoot as far in such a beautiful environment. Usually, we have some moving/aerial targets for the shotgun as moving targets are what the gun is designed for.

We use time-plus/neutralize scoring with 100 points per stage. We have five divisions: Open, Tactical Scope, Tactical Iron, He-Man Scope and He-Man Iron. Please check out our rules for further information.

You can expect challenging stages in beautiful areas that take you out of your comfort zone, but still allow you to succeed and have fun!

Check out our video and sign up for RM3G soon!

Lodging in Raton
A. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Raton - www.hiexpress.com - (877) 863-4780
B. Raton Microtel Inn & Suites - www.microtelinn.com - (800) 771-7171
C. Budget Host-Raton - www.budgethost.com - (575) 445-3655
D. Super 8 Raton - www.super8.com - (505) 445-2355
E. Comfort Inn - www.comfortinn.com - (575) 445-4200
F. Colt Motel - www.coltmotel.com - (575) 445-2305
G. El Portal Hotel - www.elportalhotel.com - (575) 445-3631
H. Motel 6 Raton - www.motel6.com - (575) 445-2777
I. Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites (575) 445-1500
J. Microtel Inn - www.microtelinn.com - (575) 445-9100
Raton Pass Inn - 308 Canyon Drive Raton NM 87740- (575)445-3641) Janet Bruton

RM3G Local Matches

We're excited to announce that we're moving our local 3-Gun matches down to the Whittington Center in Raton, New Mexico as that's where all our targets are and we think we can have some great fun there!

We will have 4-6 stages depending on the match. It is purely a local match where the shooters help set up and RO. We will have most of the stages near the pistol berms for set-up, but plan to try to have a long rifle stage elsewhere to let us stretch our legs! Sign-up will be near the IPSC shed in the pistol berm area.

Set-up will begin at 0700, with a beginners meeting at 0930 and Shooter's Briefing at 1000. Set-up help will get you discounts on the $30 match fee.. You don't need a sling yet. 100 rounds of each and maybe 20 slugs. If you arrive before 0800 and set up, you will shoot for $15, before 0830 and set-up $20.

Cancellations due to weather will be sent out on the list you have to have signed up for by writing to: rm3gun@yahoo.com. However please e-mail us if you're worried before you make a long trek! If Raton pass is closed, there will be NO match!
Our next local match, first at Whittington, will be September 18, 2010, and we'll have our last local match of the year on October 9, 2010. They won't be scheduled for the same weekend always and we'll let you know the 2011 schedule soon!

We invite all of you from New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona...well, anywhere, but it will be quite a drive for a local match if you live in Florida!

We'd love to see some new faces and hope some of our regulars can make the trek! We're really excited about the new options and variety we will have available at Whittington and for those of you who have never been there...it's amazing!!!

Join our e-mail list by writing to: rm3gun@yahoo.com.