On today’s episode, Justin Shireman and Matt Parry of Oklahoma Practical Precision Shooters (OPPS) join Travis Ishida to talk about the youth shooters, crafting a match focused on improving the skills of the next generation of competitors, and more!

Justin Shireman is an avid hunter and one of the original ‘Okies’ traveling coast-to-coast to hit some of the very first ever organized precision rifle matches, and although not actively competing at current day national-level matches, he utilizes the precision rifle skills in his hunting, and helps get more youth shooters involved in precision rifle.

Matt Parry, owner of Parry Custom Gun, started competing in 2008/2009 in some of the first exclusive precision rifle matches with a group of Oklahoma competitors, and now spends a lot of time helping new competitors, hunters, and youth shooters getting them off on the right foot within precision rifle.

Learn more about Justin, Matt, the Young Guns OPPS match, and more on the PRC Podcast!

Index:

00:56 – Justin Shireman’s Background and a snapshot of his precision rifle journey

02:40 – Matt Parry’s Background and his run making Top 10 in the nation

04:38 – Oklahoma Practical Precision Shooters (OPPS) getting Young Guns involved

09:45 – Equipping youth shooters to be competitive

12:23 – Kids joining from out of state

15:46 – Rules of the OPPS Young Guns match

19:42 – Natural Progression of these kids after the Oklahoma exposure

22:55 – Proportion of Girls and Boys competing

24:42 – Match Administration: Roster, Match Fees, Prize Table, Sponsorship, Age Division

32:20 – Supporting each other to continue the growth of Young Gun matches

35:49 – Young Guns success story; Carson Rutherford

37:24 – Join “Young Guns Challenge” on Facebook

39:23 – Worth the work; Matt Clem’s Involvement; Impact on the kids

43:14 – Top Competitors’ involvement in helping the youth

44:29 – Closing

Links –

The Oklahoma Practical Precision Shooters (OPPS) - http://www.opps-club.com/

Young Guns Challenge - https://www.facebook.com/Young-Guns-Challenge-1664722903813582

Short Action Precision Young Guns Program – https://www.shortactionprecision.com/pages/sap-young-guns-nrl-2020-season-sponsorship

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Release date:

17 November 2020