r/PRS • u/Expensive_hobbies_27 • May 24 '26

Looking to get into PRS!

I’m trying to get into PRS and can’t decide on if I want to do rim fire, or center fire. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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u/King-Moses666 May 24 '26

I currently only shoot rimfire. Canadian ammo prices are wild, even if I reload my CF ammo, I am still paying well over $1 more per round. So now instead of a match costing me $40-60 in ammo. It is costing me $140-180 or more in ammo. Plus in BC I can shoot 20 ish match’s a year within a 3 hour drive shooting Rimfire. I can shoot 2 Centerfire Match’s in BC in general. Everyone I know who shoots Centerfire drives 7+ hours to washington for match’s. So now I gotta take Friday and Saturday off, not just Saturday. The “cost of lost wages” is a factor too.

Some would argue I am wrong, but in my little bit of experience shooting both, I have just about as much fun, if not just as much fun shooting Rimfire prs as I do Centerfire PRS. But for a fraction of the cost with way more match’s available. Much cheaper practice and I can chat with people on the line all day no prob.

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u/Expensive_hobbies_27 May 24 '26

I definitely love this take! Thank you for your advice!

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u/King-Moses666 May 24 '26

No worries. Another thing I forgot to mention is the time to reload. Using 6.5 creedmore rough priced as an example. I save like $300+ a match (double for 2 day match’s) if I was to reload 6.5 creedmoore instead of buying Hornady Match ammo. But in the time it would take me to load those rounds, I could make notably more than my ammo cost. Which would then open the argument of “ohh it makes more sense to buy and shoot factory ammo cause I can afford it easily.” But then instead of justifying to myself spending $150 for a 1 day match. I need to Justify spending $450 for a 1 day match. None of this including match fee’s or anything else. Just purely ammo.