I want to be careful not to ruffle any feathers, but I have an honest question. I'm interested in shooting at QSC in the upcoming PRS match, but the drive is quite a long way for me. I've shot at Pigg River and thought it was a great experience with the beautiful rolling hills and perfect grass, varied terrain and interesting props. I've shot at other places like Coleman's Creek and Frontline Defense that have unique features like mountainous terrain or nice wooded areas. The pictures I've seen of QSC look like it's a fairly basic square range with flat terrain and not much "novelty" to speak of. Again, not trying to bash, but looking for some opinions - is the drive to the Quantico match worth it if there are options closer to me?
Quantico is my home range, shoot there almost every weekend and have always enjoyed my time there.
I am new to PRS, only 3 matches under my belt, two of which are at Quantico, the other was at Coleman's creek, all within the last 6 months so my baseline comparison is different to others who have chimed in with prior experiences.
I agree that the range experiences are vastly different given Quantico's Ironman Range was designed for Marine Corps quals/flat (literally and figuratively) range training, compared to something like Coleman's Creek that has purposefully designed lanes, various terrain, props, and shooting into and out of valleys.
If one is "blessed enough" to live in the DMV area, Quantico is awesome for those of us who live locally, its hard to find and regularly shoot 750-1000yards and a mixed steel range within 30 minutes of a major metro, let alone the commieville of Washington DC.
For whatever it is worth, I can definitely relate to the time to do a match with the drive, I am pretty picky on traveling for the sport myself. I can say from my n=1 experience that the club and its leadership is very open to constructive feedback for PRS matches.
Happy to bring you on as a guest if you want to visit before a match, but understand making a drive to visit vs just doing the match may not be value add. There is a solid group of us that go to practice when Ironman is open.