PRS Match for air rifles. 24th May at West Midlands Shooting Grounds.

[BigDuncs]

PRS (Precision Rifle Shooting/Series) is a huge and growing discipline in the US. It is also shot in the UK using fullbore rifles (mainly 6mm and 6.5 calibres) and also a very fast growing PR22 (.22 LR) group as well. There were something like 50 PR22 matches in the UK last year. The PR22 World Championships are being held in the UK this year during August at the West Midlands Shooting Ground https://wmsg.co.uk near Market Drayton and about 17 miles northwest of Weston Park. The UK is entering a full team.

About 18 months ago a pilot PRS Air Rifle Match was run at a shooting club near Crewe and, despite inclement Dec weather, most people who were there enjoyed it and many have been asking for another match.

The distributors of AGT rifles in the UK, Edgar Brothers, is organising another opportunity to shoot air rifles in a PRS match. AGT Classic Air Rifle PRS Competition 24th May 2025 in the ground I’ve mentioned above ie West Midland Shooting Ground. This ground is absolutely superb in every way, with its own restaurant and ample parking space. I’ve shot 3 PR22 matches there myself.

The cost of the match is £50 and that includes breakfast and lunch and the opportunity to win from a £6,000 prize table. All required kit will be available for people to borrow if needed eg sand bags (see them being used in the below video), needed to rest your rifle on obstacles for stability.

A video relating to the day - https://youtu.be/ArUBNwn_x7g?si=Li2PJvrzOizA5tcb

Here’s the ‘official’ description of the competition from the organisers and more details, and the entry ‘form’, in the link below

https://www.edgarbrothers.com/brands...24th-may-2025/

The competition is an air rifle PRS style competition, comprised of 8 stages, being scored on hits within a given time per stage. The event will combine PRS with a sporting clay shoot's familiar and relaxed feel.

The objective is for it to be relaxed and fun with a competitive element. AGT air rifles will be available at each stage for those without air rifles; however, it is recommended that you bring your own air rifle and equipment. Closer to the event, information will be provided to shooters explaining exactly what they need to bring. All air rifles are to be sub 12 ft/lb energy with the selected pellet/slug used, and down to the end user not to exceed that. Every air rifle will be chronographed and "checked in" during a relaxed and open zeroing session at the beginning of the day (coloured zip tie to designate a pass).

Held at West Midland Shooting ground, Market Drayton, TF9 3LH, the stages will consist of a varying number of targets, an exciting variety of props, and dynamic positions to shoot from. The shooter starts on the ‘beep’, with bolts back, muzzles up, and moves forward to engage a set sequence of steel targets as per the course of fire. Most stages are 2 minutes long; however, a few may be shorter.

They generally consist of 8-12 shots per stage. Times are recorded via a shot timer, and scores are logged on a tablet/phone running practiscore/ultimate ballistics apps. Squads move around together in a guided group. Squads will be between 6 and 12 shooters, depending on entries. Each stage will have a range officer to help explain all the details, and spotters will be provided on each stage as well. The highest hits completed across the eight stages will win the competition.

Do make sure you know your ‘drops’ ie the trajectory of your pellets as ranges to the targets will be variable and no two targets will be at the same distances (unless on the same target holder)!
On the day, shooters who wish to be coached and helped during stages will be able to select "training/targets only". Shooters entering this will have a pass to show at stages, and their score will not count towards the competition.

Total trophy awards are as follows:

1st place AGT Classic Champion (highest score using an AGT)
Overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd. (4th and 5th place to be included if entries exceed 40 participants.)
Ladies 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Juniors 1st, 2nd and 3rd (16-21 years old)
Colts 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Seniors 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Breakfast and lunch will be included.

PRS is a hugely exciting sport. I don’t know of any other discipline that combines/requires so many ‘skills’ but the main ones being speed and precision. But at this match, the timings are generous.

The reason I’m posting this is that I’d love to see ‘PRS Air’ take off in the UK. Full bore is somewhat limited by the relatively small number of suitable ranges, and a two day match is £195 entry fee, never mind the cost of 200 fullbore ammo! PR22 is much more accessible but ‘PR Air’ could be shot almost anywhere and I hope there's enough interest and entries to encourage others to set up these matches. PRS shooters are amazingly helpful to new shooters. If you haven't shot this kind of match before, this day will be ideal for you.

I believe that there are spaces still available for the 24th May and there will be some experienced PRS shooters present on the day, if anyone has any questions or just want to chat about PRS fullbore or PR22. And a huge prize table!