Today i'm doing an after action review on my first precision rimfire match. I shot it on September 4th, 2021 at Peacemaker National Training Center in West Virginia. The PRS Rimfire match was sponsored by Lapua Ammunition (big shout out), and it was a great time. This journey started in the spring of 2020 when I interviewed Mike Keenan about getting started in PRS matches. I had wanted to do it for a long time, but didn't quite know where to start. About a month later, I wrote about the merits of 22LR as a stand-in for long range 308 practice. From there, I started assembling my rimfire training rifle with an eye for competition. I published that article in July 2020. This rifle has become one of my most used items in the safe, providing a great platform for testing optics and other accessories on a limited ammunition budget. I didn't realize that it would be over a year before I finally got to attend a match and put it all to the test.  The Venue: Peacemaker National This is my second event at the Peacemaker National Training Center (PNTC). The first was the NRA America's Rifle Challenge in April 2019. The facility is massive, and is one of the largest shooting facilities on the east coast. It houses 17 ranges, and includes dedicated areas for everything including skeet/trap, pistol, tactical, and long range. At my first event, we mainly stuck to the tactical ranges. I didn't realize that there was a whole different section of the facility past the berms. For my most recent match, we went out to that part of the facility as well. PRS Rimfire Competition As far as I can tell, rimfire matches work the same way as regular PRS events- but at shorter distances. For this event, there were only three divisions: bolt action, semi-auto, and youth.  To be honest, I was a little put off by this because within "bolt action" there really isn't any distinction between a newbie showing up with a brand new factory 22LR and budget optic or someone who has paid thousands of dollars for a custom rimfire rifle and top tier optics. In all, there were 9 stages. With one exception, each stage had a "par time" of 90 seconds. Most stages also had a limited round count allowed. Once the timer starts, you have 90 seconds to hit all required targets or expend all of your shots.  For scoring, each hit on a target counted as one point. If the course of fire required hitting a particular target more than once, then you earned a point for each hit. The one exception to the 90 second rule was the "skill stage," where you had as much time as you wanted to complete the course of fire or expend all of your allowed shots. On top of the earned points, your time would be used as a potential tie breaker at the end of the match. In this stage, we started seated behind the wheel, with our rifle and gear on the floor of the passenger side. The targets were four small steel circles about 200 yards away. The Stages and Performance There were 9 total stages, with a bonus side stage, with distances varying between 40 yards and 498 yards. The distances at the first five stages were typically shorter, between 50 and 150 yards, and the distances at the last four stages were between 200 and 350 yards. The bonus stage was a single target at 498 yards. Each stage tested some aspect of your shooting ability.