PRS Talk 1st PRS MATCH

[TIMMYTOY]

I participated in my 1st Prs match at MTC (Marksmanship Training Center) what a great facility/range the match director Nate did a fine job running the match and the targets were well marked.

The RO’s were awesome helping us understand the coarse of fire and giving tips which was a big help for me (Newbe)

Two major things I learned from the match 1st and foremost is baracade work I lost so much time try to figure out how to stabilize the rifle and move from positions (I need to spend more time dry firing and just trying different baracades)

2nd- It really doesn’t matter what caliber/rifle you shoot I’ve seen guys shooting 223,6,6.5,308,243 etc dope is dope if it’s right the rifle will do its job the human is the weak link.

Sure people can say this caliber is better for windy days or this caliber is flatter doesn’t matter really .example I missed a target at 257 yards with 243 two times then the the next two targets were at 328,445 I drilled both of then twice I couldn’t believe I miss the close one the ro said to check my dope after the first shot it was good so after the match I shot the same target again with same dope drilled it point being not the rifle/caliber the shooter under pressure.

Thank You MTC and everyone helping out it was Awesome day .

Everyone at the match was great to hang out with thank you.

.............TimmyToy

 

[Raptor005]

Welcome to the game! Nothing beats practice for getting better!

 

[shooterb]

2nd- It really doesn’t matter what caliber/rifle you shoot I’ve seen guys shooting 223,6,6.5,308,243 etc dope is dope if it’s right the rifle will do its job the human is the weak link.

That's it right there, "run what you brung", Then, when you have a handful of matches under your belt/have some experience/are up for a barrel change, then you can make an informed decision based off what you've seen. You can either swap to something else or keep running the same caliber because you already know it and have a good deal of experience with it.

Congrats on shooting your first match!

 

[TIMMYTOY]

Thank you.
Can’t wait to go again
Have to work on barricades/dry fire before I go again.

 

[CShooter92]

Funny you mention missing the close target and hammering the far ones. For some reason the same thing happens to me. We had a stage last match where targets were 300, 400 and 500. 4 shots at each. I went 3 for 4 on the 400 and 500 and 1 for 4 on the close one.

I'm pretty sure I just overthink them and I need to just aim dead center rather than holding an edge for wind.

 

[mercracing]

Welcome to the addiction man. Nate’s a great guy to work with. I can’t wait to make it over there!

 

[TIMMYTOY]

I’m guessing I was thinking about the next shots and worried about time and figured the close one will be a drop in the bucket. Not so!!
One stage the targets were near to far the first set was easy 400ish then 980 but after that I was confused on my next data because being a rookie I wrote down the range shortest to longest instead of near to far then next near to far. I didn’t even finish the stage was not going to just guess I just laughed and moved on. Lesson learned.

 

[LawnMM]

Dunno if I'd go as far as saying caliber is irrelevant, but it's certainly not going to overcome a bad trigger press, poor follow through, or a botched wind call. Practice makes perfect.

 

[CATM15]

I would think this is good advice to give but I’ll let others be the judge of that.. shoot what you got and don’t think you need everything to be competitive. All the bags in the world won’t make you better if you don’t know your rifle lol. Make friends and just talk. I learned a lot from just watching how people shot stages. Dopeing wind, ask someone shooting the same caliber what they held or plan to ( trust but verify that one )

 

[The Durk]

Great job! Nothing gets you better than dry firing and competition. My first match I score 8/100. My second match I scored 92/200 and that was with a par time of 105 seconds vs 120 on the first match. These matches were only 4 months apart.

The people I've met are more than willing to help you out, and let you borrow any gear you wish to try out.

 

[TIMMYTOY]

I did get to do some barricade work wow what a work out , At the end of the work out did get my time down to 4 seconds(1st shot off) at the start of the stage. Practice makes a huge difference.love it love it

 

[POGPride]

Dry fire! As much as you can.

 

[TIMMYTOY]

Yes indeed.
Safer,cheaper and you can follow through your trigger pull.
Headed to the range today to practice our club in putting on a PRS style 22lr match Sunday with some Awesome prizes.