MN3GG — Jay Schmitt
Jay is a 21-year veteran of the Minneapolis Police Department. He has worked as a Patrol Officer, served on the SWAT team and the Bicycle Rapid Response Team, and is currently an investigator. As a firearms instructor, he is involved in training new recruits and providing 21st-century gun fighting skills to the officers of the department. Currently assigned as an investigator, he is tasked with targeting violent criminals. Jay has received numerous awards from his department, including a Medal of Valor for rescuing a fellow officer who was shot with an AK-47 and a Medal of Honor for climbing out over the Mississippi onto the debris of the I-35W bridge collapse and rescuing those who fell when the bridge went down.
Jay attended his first major 3-Gun with Jomar Villamor in 2005 at the DPMS Tri-Gun Challenge, and he was immediately locked into the sport. His most notable shooting accomplishments are:
- 1st place finish in Limited Division / High Law Enforcement at the Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun in 2012
- 1st place finish in Limited Division / High Law Enforcement at the 2014 JP Rocky Mountain 3-Gun World Championships
- 1st place finish in Limited Division / High Law Enforcement at the 2014 JP Rocky Mountain 3-Gun World Championships
These matches are some of the toughest 3-gun matches in the country, both physically demanding as well providing some of the most difficult shooting challenges and scenarios of all events.
As a founding member of the MN 3Gun Group, he designs stages and manage matches. In addition, MN 3 Gun Group instructs numerous competition training classes locally, having some 200+ shooter participating in the training modules and instructed by JP shooters Jay, Jomar Villamor, Chris Cazin, Jake Latola, and Nathan Payne.
Jomar Villamor, Chris Cazin and Jay are the match management staff of the Nordic Vortex Tri-Gun which has become one of the most sought-after, premier matches in the country, selling out under two minutes.
As a Law Enforcement Officer, competitive shooting has been used as a tool to sharpen the skills needed to survive on the street. Jay has attended and been instructed by some of the best shooters and instructors in the USA.
Check out the MN3GunGroup Facebook Page for local Minnesota 3-gun matches and information.
Career Highlights
- 2018 JP Hard as Hell Multi Gun – 2nd Place Limited Division
- 2018 Missouri 3-Gun Championship – 5th Place Limited Division
- 2017 Missouri 3-Gun Championship – 3rd Place Limited Division
- 2017 Nordic Components & Vortex Optics Tri-Gun – 8th Place Limited Division
- 2017 MN 3Gun Group 3-Gun League – 6th Place Limited Division
- 2017 Generation III Gun Championship – 7th Place Limited Division
- 2016 MN 3Gun Group 3-Gun League – 2nd Place Limited Division
- 2016 Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun Championships – 2nd Place in Limited Division
- 2016 Missouri 3-Gun Championship – 2nd Place Limited Division
- 2016 Nordic Components & Vortex Optics Tri-Gun – 9th Place Limited Division
- 2015 MN 3Gun Group 3-Gun League – 1st Place Limited Division
- 2015 Missouri 3-Gun Championship – 1st Place Limited Division
- 2015 Generation III Gun Championship – 7th Place Limited Division
- 2014 Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun – 3rd Place Limited Division
- 2014 JP Rocky Mountain 3-Gun World Championship – 1st Place and High Law Enforcement Limited Division
- 2014 Midwest 3-Gun – 3rd Place Limited Division
- 2012 Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun – 1st Place and High Law Enforcement Limited Division
- 2012 Nordic Components Tactical Shotgun Championships – 5th Place Auto Division
- 2011 Blue Ridge Mountain 3-Gun – 7th Place Tactical Iron Division
- 2011 Ozark 3-Gun – 5th Place Tactical Iron Division
- 2010 Midwest 3-Gun – 2nd Place Tactical Iron Division
- 2010 Ozark 3-Gun – 2nd Place Tactical Iron Division
