Yes.. and @Birddog6424 also has a great point. Both of which i agree with. Production is "factory production comp shooters".
The layman new shooter THINKS production against his howa1500 bass-pro shop weekend discount special, but doesnt understand.
More eduction perhaps ? If you are joining a new type of sport or competiton, its on you to know the rules and how to play, if you dont do your homework... oh well.
Perhaps. That would be up to the PRS to make sure the newer shooters, and everyone actually, knew what the division is from this point on. And for the record I don't care what they do with production and if they want to get the sponsor money then all the power to them but they need to do a better job of letting the new shooters know they will be going up against some of the best sponsored shooters in their division.