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The first annual Tactics Precision Rifle Challenge tested the rifle shooter’s skills and equipment at known and unknown ranges, as well as varying inclines, wind and lighting conditions between 100 yards and 700 yards. A night shoot further tested the competitor’s skills. Round count was 160 rifle rounds. Timed movement took the competitor through the rugged beauty of the central Arizona Sonoran desert. A variety of field shooting positions were required to spot and engage steel targets. Flash targets were not always easily detected, and sometimes points were not earned within time limits.
Caliber restriction
Allowed calibers included any from .223/5.56mm to .300 Winchester Magnum with velocity not to exceed 3,100 fps. Shots were chronographed at sign-in. If shooting a .223, heavier bullets were highly recommended.
Schedule
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Friday, February 20th: Mandatory sign-in from
1 p.m. – 6 p.m.; you may sight in rifles after signing in. -
Saturday, February 21st: 7:00 a.m. is a mandatory shooters meeting. Shooting will begin at 7:30 a.m.
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Sunday, February 22nd: Shooting 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Awards will be announced from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Fees and Extras
$150 per shooter if received before January 1st, 2009 ($175 after Jan. 1). Included with match fees is a TPRC 2009 shooter T-shirt, logo hat, shemagh, Write-In-The-Rain notepad, a red clip-on light for night illumination (NO white light allowed) with a blinking setting for ID (staff cars and ATVs will be driving blacked out and will need to see you for safety), match handbook, lunch and dinner on Saturday.
The PRGC range was founded in 1947. It has long been known as the center of marksmanship excellence and expertise in the Phoenix area.
Located in south Phoenix where 7th Avenue hits the rugged beauty of South Mountain (the nation’s largest city park), the club has 7 simultaneously operable ranges from 10-meter Olympic air gun to 500 yard high-power rifle. The club has the best equipped and most active bullseye pistol range in the state, the only functional 25 meter Olympic rapid-fire range in the state, active NRA smallbore and high-power divisions as well as black powder, junior, IPSC and IDPA pistol. PRGC hosts state and regional championships in several disciplines. Several past and future Olympic shooters are members of the club.
© 2009 Tactics Precision Rifle Challenge.
Website created by Michael Novack. Photos courtesy of Darryll Fretwell,
Deb Fretwell and Michael Novack.
