Based on the tone & content of several of these replies, I'd have to guess that a bunch of you guys have never heard of PRS matches. If you have, and are still inclined to make fun of those who work at the practical aspect of precision rifle shooting, you're missing out on an excellent match format that's a lot of fun & very challenging. Your loss - but you might consider at least looking into it before you lump everyone with a practical rifle into the mall ninja group.
And as far as dressing up to play sniper - I've only seen one guy come to our matches kitted-out like that, and he only showed up once. The rest of us wear blue jeans, trail hiker pants with extra pockets, or even denim overalls. Lots of T-shirts advertising gunsmiths, optics companies, bullets, past PRS matches, etc.
Several of the guys I shoot with come from NRA HP shooting, and are just looking for something new that will challenge the skills they learned from conventional position & prone shooting. As for myself, I shot IPSC for years, and still carry my USPSA Master classification card, along with NRA High Master cards in XC, mid-range & long range prone HP. Learning the mil system, the advantages of scopes with ffp, how to figure lead for moving targets, how to solve problems presented by stage designers - those are a few of the high points of practical precision rifle shooting that I feel have made me a better rifle shot - just like learning to shoot offhand, sitting, & prone in conventional high power did. So maybe we should all keep an open mind when it comes to different styles of rifle competitions?
And as far as dressing up to play sniper - I've only seen one guy come to our matches kitted-out like that, and he only showed up once. The rest of us wear blue jeans, trail hiker pants with extra pockets, or even denim overalls. Lots of T-shirts advertising gunsmiths, optics companies, bullets, past PRS matches, etc.
Several of the guys I shoot with come from NRA HP shooting, and are just looking for something new that will challenge the skills they learned from conventional position & prone shooting. As for myself, I shot IPSC for years, and still carry my USPSA Master classification card, along with NRA High Master cards in XC, mid-range & long range prone HP. Learning the mil system, the advantages of scopes with ffp, how to figure lead for moving targets, how to solve problems presented by stage designers - those are a few of the high points of practical precision rifle shooting that I feel have made me a better rifle shot - just like learning to shoot offhand, sitting, & prone in conventional high power did. So maybe we should all keep an open mind when it comes to different styles of rifle competitions?
