PRS season is spinning up, and if you're planning to shoot any ranked matches this year, membership registration is already open across all three series — PRO, Regional, and Rimfire.

Without one, you can still shoot PRS-affiliated matches, but your scores won't count toward any regional or national standings.

That's the part guys miss. You show up, shoot a solid match, feel good about your andex — and none of it appears anywhere. Paying the entry fee but skipping the membership is like reloading ammo and forgetting to seat the primer.

Don't wait until the week of your first match to buy in. Some regional match hosts require proof of membership before you can register for the event itself.

This one will bite you. Match slots in the region fill fast, and if you're scrambling to sort out your membership the same week registration opens, you're probably watching from the waitlist. Sort this out now, while there's nothing else urgent on the calendar.

BGC hosts and supports PRS-affiliated events locally, so if you've been thinking about getting into precision rifle competition — or you shot a match last year and want your scores to actually count this time — getting the right membership tier sorted before your first match is the whole job right now.

What series are you running in 2026 — Regional, PRO, Rimfire, or mixing it up — and what pushed you toward that tier?

Read the full article in The Handbook → | By Steve Duskett