Acceptable Precision

While I agree with your last statement, 30 years of working in a stressful environment where situational awareness is key and mentoring others to do the same leads me to believe differently about your assertion that you have it or you don't. While nature certainly plays a part, it can me trained.

Absolutely it can be trained and/or learned. Solid coaching and mentorship really speeds up the process. There are some that really don’t care to learn, but that is always a group that exists.
 
the more I practise... the calmer I get. Any new situation can be stressful and overwhelming... do something 10,000 times, I suspect even the 'dimest' of us will perform just fine.

PRS is not a complicated game... it does demand a wide range of skills and techniques but once a shooter has the base skills well in hand, they just need to deal with a course of fire which tends not to be too silly nowadays.

Many shooters dont understand, there really is a limited range of 'stages'... call them different things or use different props, but when you break it down, same thing on repeat. Learn the core skills to overcome these standards, and I bet shooters will be very calm just before a stage.... and those at the top of this game, practise alot.

YMMV

Jerry

PS - note how the hit percentages continue to climb with the top quartile of competitors. In the early days, anything over 70% was amazing... today, high 80 and into the 90% is pretty common. More time behind the rifle, higher scores
 
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Good luck with that guys...

Sure you can train to calm down a person who is easily rattled, but he will never be as calm as a person who is similarly practiced who is naturally just a very calm and deliberate person.

All you are saying is you want to overcome your inherent weakness, but you will never be the person who does not have that weakness in their base DNA.

No amount of training will overcome your fundamental nature. A nervous person can train, but he will always be a nervous person.

Every top PRS shooter I've known is so naturally calm, chill or laid back that we have to check them for a pulse. It's not the act you are all suggesting.

I'm not saying you will win just because you're calm. But a great shooter in PRS who is naturally calm will outperform a similarly skilled shooter who is naturally nervous.

But hey, go ahead and try. That's all any of us can do.
 
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Didn't someone mention that winning is 'in your mind?'

But, don't let me stop any shooter from believing they cannot get to the podium for whatever reason.

Cause they would most certainly be.......correct :)

Jerry
 
On a more positive note... and onpoint with the original question, had some nice weather on Friday and took my new PRS 22 Creedmoor out for a tuning session.

All 190yds... will test #1 and #4 more at distance when things warm up. Nice start. Prefit Match barrel on a factory action... in a factory stock.

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Quite a bit of mirage coming off the barrel making aiming tough at times. With modern barrels, optics and reloading, not very hard to get this level of performance... and it definitely doesn't need to cost alot of money.

YMMV

Jerry
 

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Well with some good canadian made actions you can build a bolt together rifle for 3500$ but what usually gets people is the the cartridge in my opinion.... look at long range benchrest, 6mm is the most accurate bullet that is made.

Build a rifle in 6br, 6bra or if you want a proper mid length cartridge maybe a 6gt... sure loading for your prs rig might cost more for certain brass or dies but you are shooting off of proven calibers that are not a fad.

How accurate does the rifle have to be.... well that's up to you but competition is competition.... we are not worrying about shooting a moose or what have you... a hit is a hit and that's all you need

So how accurate I dont really know but for me it would be just shy of 1 moa 3/4 max.
 
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look at long range benchrest, 6mm is the most accurate bullet that is made..

I am happy to say that in the long range world, we now have fantastic bullets in all popular chamberings from 22cal to 338cal. When you look at certain competitions, the chamber/cal choice has more to do with optimising a set of rules then pure mechanical performance.

6mm is instead very popular in 1k BR work as they have a light class where heavy recoil would be very negative. And some of these ranges have pretty docile wind conditions. Their heavy class will be running 7s and 30s

Conversely, F Open shooting at the same 1000yds only run 7mms with a few 6.5 and 30s. not a single 6mm cal to be seen

PRS is really a mid range game so the 6mms dominate. A few shooters are running 22cal and this might gain in popularity as supply of 6mm bullets continue to be MIA.

We live in a wonderful time where a 22cal can keep up with a 408CT all the way to 1500yds.

Pick your game, there are plenty of options to do well with.

Jerry
 
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