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Three years ago, Crimson Trace lit up the 3-gun scene by creating the first midnight 3-gun competition and giving shooters an excellent outlet to utilize their products. This was my first ever national 3-gun match and one my very first TFB posts, so it holds a special place in my heart.
It is with great sadness today when I received a letter from Kent Thomas, Director of Marketing for Crimson Trace, notifying me that the Crimson Trace 3-gun shoot was no longer to be.
In his note, Thomas gives us the hard news up front:
It is with a twinge of sadness that I’m informing you today of the following news: We have made the strategic decision to formally end the world’s first night time and premiere 3-Gun competition, the Crimson Trace Midnight 3-Gun Invitational. I know this will be a disappointment to many of you, but after much discussion, deliberation and thought, we’ve decided to go out on top, leaving each of you and the industry wanting more.
When we conceived M3GI almost 4 years ago now, it was in the context of “what’s the next, big thing we can do?” From a business perspective, M3GI – with your help and support – accomplished everything we wanted from the event. And more.
Thankfully, there’s a silver lining:
But there is good news: For those of you who believe in the concept and just can’t get enough, Jim Shepherd, founder of The Outdoor Wire and the Outdoor Wire Digital Network, believes so strongly in the concept that he and his partners have formed a new company Starlight 3 Gun, LLC to take the ground breaking M3GI concept to the next level.
While we don’t have a formal relationship with Starlight 3Gun, I can tell you that we have given our full permission for them to take our groundbreaking concept, put their resources behind it and see where it goes. I’m sure each of you will hear from them in the coming weeks and months as they devise “what’s next”.
I’ve started to see more and more evening shooting competitions around the country, and so I’m happy to hear that the midnight 3-gun shoot will continue in some sort of form. Crimson Trace did a bang up job and really opened my eyes to how valuable lights and lasers on my firearms can be not just in competition, but in home defense and personal protection.
As soon as I hear word about Starlight 3 Gun, I’ll report on it here in TFB.
