Doug Koenig Makes His Mark in PRS Production Division
“Koenig” (or König) means “king” in German. That is indeed appropriate for Doug Koenig, 18-Time Bianchi Cup winner, who is now starting to conquer the rifle world as well. Koenig, considered by many to be the best action pistol shooter on the planet, proved he’s an ace with rifles too, as he recently won two PRS matches in Production Division. Koenig, Captain of Team Ruger, was shooting a Ruger Precision Rifle (RPR), chambered in 6mm Creedmoor. Notably, Production Division limits rifles to $2000.00 for the gun ($4000.00 overall with scope). You can buy an RPR for around $1100.00 typically ($795.00 at GrabAGun), so Koenig was shooting against competitors with rifles that cost nearly twice as much. That’s impressive.
Koenig Wins Production Class at two Spring PRS Matches
Koenig took home a pair of Production Division titles at this year’s WAR Rifles Shootout and MAP Spring Shootout Precision Rifle Series (PRS) matches.
With a final score of 128.00 and a time of 58.51, team captain Doug Koenig took first place in Production Division at the WAR Rifle Shootout PRS match in Mount Victoria, MD. The WAR Rifle Shootout has a challenging 22-stage course of fire. Along with winning Production Division, Koenig also finished twelfth overall. “The tough course of fire and 15-25 mph winds at the War Rifle match were brutal, but my Precision Rifle, equipped with a Leupold VX-3i LRP and loaded with Hornady ammunition, continued to perform,” said Koenig.
Koenig then secured another Production Division win at the MPA Spring Shootout held at the Arena Training Facility in Blakely, GA with a final score of 173.00 and a time of 58.89. “The MPA match had some long shots out to 800-1356 yards, but my factory rifle got the job done and helped me win my third production class title in a row. That proves you don’t need to spend a fortune to get started in PRS competition.”
According to PRS standards, Production Division rifles are not permitted to be altered or improved in any way from the original factory configuration, and the retail price may not exceed $2,000.
Pre-Fit Barrel Options for the Ruger Precision Rifle
While PRS Production Division competitors like Koenig must stick with factory barrels, there’s no law that says you can’t upgrade your own RPR that’s not used in PRS matches. A barrel swap is probably the single best hardware upgrade you can make. A new custom barrel will improve inherent accuracy and shot-to-shot consistency. Krieger Barrels offers Pre-Fit barrels for the RPR in many popular chamberings including 6XC, 6mm Creedmoor, .243 Win, 6.5 Creedmoor, 6.5 PRC, and .308 Win. These “Drop-In Ready” barrels come finish-chambered and threaded to fit the Ruger action, with factory-spec muzzle threads. The Ruger barrel attachment system allows correct headspace with a pre-chambered barrel. Krieger explains: “Thanks to Ruger’s proprietary barrel nut design, a competent gunsmith will be able to swap out your barrel using an AR15 barrel wrench and proper headspace gauges.”
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WOW great job Doug. 18 time Bianchi cup winner and all the other titles he has, what a way to boost your ego. I think anyone with “World Champ” titles to their name shouldn’t be in a production class match of any type that is promoted to get new, or novice shooters into the game. That is why there is a one season limit on production class PRS. I get he is new to the PRS game but he is heavily sponsored, and ABSOLUTELY NOT new to competitive shooting. I don’t shoot PRS so I have “no skin in the game”, I think shooters like him should leave the entry level type matches to entry level shooters.
Mike
Not sure how I feel about Koenig shooting these matches. Certainly feels like he and Ruger are violating the spirit of the production class. It’s to intro shooters into PRS but here’s a sponsored guy shooting what I’d have to believe is a hand built, cherry picked RPR and not just something bought off the shelve like the other production class guys.
You nay sayers that don’t even shoot PRS whatever. I do shoot PRS and I don’t have a problem with it. I’ve to talked to pro shooters that shoot RPR their that good. PRS is a whole different game come and see. It’s more about positional shooting no matter the rifle.
Production division is $4000 combined limit, $2k rifle, $2k optic. It hasn’t been $3k combined since 2017.
Also goes by MSRP, not street price.
Also, modifications that do not improve accuracy/accuracy potential are permitted- such as grips, brakes, and finishes.
A 12th place over-all finish is noteworthy for sure… Winning production class however, is usually not at all note worthy. The class is perhaps the least popular. Some matches have no one sign up; friend of mine actually won production, just by the fact that he was the only one to shoot the match in production.
I’m getting so tired of all these haters, everywhere, negative about this or that, all the time. I avoid people like that in real life, wish I could avoid it in comment sections.
Congrats to Doug, a pistol guy coming in and doing well in PRS. I think it’s badass.
If he won in open, haters would probably
complain he had access to too nice a rifle and support, or something else nobody cares about.
Going back to positive me now.
Not to discount Doug’s effort, but I wonder if his RPR barrel was short-throated like mine…a “precision” rifle that could only chamber factory ammo by jamming it .060 into the lands/case.