Active competitor since 2014 across USPSA, 3-Gun, The Tactical Games, and PCSL 2-Gun. Shawn founded Action Gunner in 2016 with the belief that the competitive shooting community deserved honest, match-tested content from people who actually shoot matches — not rewritten press releases. When he's not writing, he's building rifles, running stages, or wrenching on guns in the event trailer.
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