"This was my ninth national finale, and it remains one of my favorite matches. Winning the 2026 PRS Rimfire Ladies National Championship is an incredible way to finish the season."

Nine finals appearances, seven wins. That's not variance — that's someone who actually figured out how to read conditions in rimfire, which is a different skill set than your centerfire work. A .22 LR losing steam at distance will drift on you in ways a 6mm Creedmoor just won't.

The article notes K&M kept the stages straightforward and let the wind do the sorting — which is exactly how a match should work. Too many precision rimfire setups try to paper over boring stage design with gimmick props. Variable wind on honest positional stages is the honest test, and finishing 14th overall across 1,147 seasonal competitors while winning the ladies title tells you the margin she's operating at.

If you've spent any time behind a rimfire precision rig — doesn't matter if it's a dedicated chassis gun or just a 10/22 with a decent glass — you know wind calls at distance feel almost unfair compared to centerfire. You're asking a slower, lighter bullet to punch through the same air.

Anyone here running rimfire precision matches, either locally or out of state — what's your read on wind doping at distance with .22 LR? Curious whether you're making separate wind charts or just transposing from your centerfire data.

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