That's not exactly how it works.
There are only two real classes in PRS... Open and Tactical (aka 223/308). There's an entirely separate series for gas guns, different matches, different rules etc, but in normal PRS if you bring a gas gun you are still either Open or Tactical. Tactical is a legitimate division due to their ballistic disadvantage in the wind.
Production division is the bastard stepchild, a well intentioned idea that somehow the price tag associated with a match rifle was why shooters were scared of getting into the sport. They thought that a price cap of $4k instead of the typical $5-6k would level the playing field. Instead what you got is the big fish small pond syndrome. There are only twelve guys NATIONALLY who are in that production division, compared to the thousands of registered and unregistered shooters who compete in the Open division. And the rifles they shoot in the production division are functionally no different than an open gun. Sure, they are built to a price point but the gun you showed in the picture is pretty much the exact same gun I shoot. Same chassis, brake, etc. No competitive advantage whatsoever. And there's so few production shooters that only half the PRS matches even have someone show up.
So realistically it's more like creating a "purple gun" division within LG benchrest, then giving a trophy to the guy who showed up with a purple gun because he was the only one who had one. Then him going online and showing off all the "purple gun" trophies he won, which mean nothing.
THAT's why I have a burr in my saddle about Production Division.
