The sky is the limit as to what you can spend and what you want.

Many people start out with Bergara HMRs, and they are great entry level rifles, and capable of winning matches. As long as you shoose a Bushnell with a FFP and matching turrets and reticle, you will be fine.

Practice is where it's at, dry firing, getting into position on the clock, and mastering the basic fundamentals. You'll learn wind as you go.

First it's PRS matches. That will help if you need to search for matches in your area. Lots of matches out there and not all affiliated with the actual "PRS" group so don't feel like you have to join anything to shoot matches. You don't.

The Bergara will get you in and feet wet. What's your price range?

For a scope for the sport you will want FFP and either mil or moa will work although most use mils. A good reticle in the same graduations as your knobs on the scope also. The old moa knobs and mil reticles are still out there so watch it. Not sure what you want to spend for a scope but staying with Busnell the Elite Tactical line are good. If on the lower end then the Match Pro 6-24.

I have pretty much given up on SFP optics, except for a couple of wood and blue hunting guns that I don't want to aesthetically ruin. It doesn't matter if it is known distance to a target, or not, you do not want to be doing multiplication in your head to use your reticle in any scenario I can think of when twisting your magnification ring. This is especially true while on the clock at a match. I also prefer it for hunting for the same reason.

Everyone at Precision rifle match speaks mils. They will give you wind calls mils, "You missed by three tenths" in mils, BSing between stages in mils, etc. You do not want MOA for the precision rifle game.

Most people use Christmas tree reticles for holding wind and elevation. I'm a Mil-XT guy, but any of the others will work. I never dial wind, I just use my reticle, and will also hold elevation on some stages where I am time crunched. A Christmas tree gives you a defined place to hold for any of those conditions as opposed to a normal mil-dot reticle where you are choosing a blank point in space to hold for wind and elevation. A duplex type of reticle is going to result in alot of misses in a precision rifle match.

I hope that explains everything.

FFP is not about ranging. It’s about the reticle being able to be used for holds on any power. Makes them very useful and actually needed in some sports like PRS.

Yup quick and accurate corrections are key and very doable with those reticles. FFP is very useful in optics. Even years back when you would actually have to range targets at matches it still was down the list of why FFP was useful. With ranging being a dying art it's even farther down now.