The 2024 PRS Finale, held amidst the swirling sandstorms and intermittent artisanal fog of the Great Plains Gun Club in Wichita, KS, concluded with a result that has left many questioning their life choices and ballistic calculators. Matt Alwine, representing Team Savage, clinched the Production Division title with a performance described by multiple sources as 'statistically improbable' and 'an affront to the laws of thermodynamics.'
Alwine's winning platform: a Savage AXIS II Precision in 6.5 Creedmoor, reportedly still bearing the faint adhesive residue of its original big-box store price tag. Equipped with the factory-mounted Bushnell Engage 4-16x44 optic and firing ammunition purchased from a bulk discount retailer, Alwine navigated stages like 'The Vortex of Variable Velocities,' where density altitude shifted wildly mid-string, and 'The Coriolis Contraption,' demanding simultaneous adjustment for earth’s rotation and the unpredictable sway of a repurposed clothesline pole.
While competitors, many running bespoke chassis systems, proof-tested Bighorn actions, and custom-tuned 6GTs, grappled with truing data against wind calls that defied all known meteorological models, Alwine simply 'held more reticle' and delivered consistent cold bore shots. His reported technique for dealing with the 1000-yard target on the 'Whispering Wall of Woe' stage — where targets were occluded by spontaneously forming mirage lakes — was to 'aim where it felt right.' This seemingly unscientific approach proved devastatingly effective, allowing him to edge out seasoned competitors by fractions of an MOA. The league is currently investigating rumors that Alwine’s rifle achieved perfect barrel harmonics by being stored next to a perpetually humming refrigerator.
