Quote History Originally Posted By Brosome:
Didn't have a rifle together to shoot it (thanks Christensen Arms..) but I did RO a PRS gas match last summer at Peacemaker so I got to see all the setups roll through the couple of stages I was at. As far as bags, bi-pods and gear It was pretty much identical to a regular PRS match but I did like how the weibad
mini range cube worked with the more traditional Triangle AR stocks so much so that I bought one for myself. It does a nice job working with the steep angle on a stock like a Magpul CTR. Your scope choice should be more than fine, saw lots of x-15x or 16x scopes of all sorts and I don't think at the ranges of pretty much all the stages that was ever an issue for anyone.
With the 5.56 guns in taclite 20" definitely seemed like the way to go just to squeeze out every bit of velocity you can get. Though regardless of barrel length impacts and misses could be very hard to spot both for the spotters and the shooter, especially so for the longer range stages. I think if I was really set on PRS gas matches I'd go for something 308/7.62 that would put me in Tac-Heavy. Seemed a lot easier to shoot and spot at those distances without having to compete with all the 6mm gassers in open.
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Thanks for the info.
I was actually looking at a 22 or 24 initially. A guy on Enos Forum steered me towards a 20". Which was kind of a relief honestly.
Even with the added difficulty of stretching out that far with a 223, I'm pretty much committed. I could lay down the cash for a full-on open setup but I'm kind-of self limiting myself on budget just because I can justify spending that kind of scratch when I will probably still mostly shoot 3-gun and with small children, I can't travel to distant matches at this time. That budget also nixed 308 because I am going to stay with a small frame gun to utilize an already built lower with a nice JP single stage.
I looked at the 224 V but since PRS Gas stops at 800 yards, it got me there a bit flatter and with less drift, but I have a mountain of pristine 223 brass and a good reloading setup to make my own match grade ammo.
I have run the gamut. At first I was going to build a Grendel. Then a 224 Valkyrie. Then I looked at both the 6mm and the 22 Grendel.
Then back to 223 Wylde. It is a wind handicap, but my ability to make wind calls is going to be a bigger source of error than the wind drift itself.
So I am content to compromise somewhat, I'm mainly just trying not to buy something that doesn't work at all. So I really appreciated your insight on the weibad. I had heard good things about those, nice to see it confirmed.
I'm looking forward to shooting this build.