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jhmartin wrote: ↑Thu Jan 03, 2019 9:35 pm First, if you have collegiate shooting aspirations start budgeting for >>two<< guns.
Your first should be an Air Rifle ... talk to your JROTC instructor and let him know you want to shoot precision next year (or sooner) ... you have to get into that.
(BTW ... how tall - what weight are you? --- get on a few of the gear manufacturer websites and download one of their measurement pages so you can get an idea of the sizes you'll need ... or at a 3PAR match, ask some of the precision shooters your size what sizes they have ... maybe try some on)

You also need smallbore experience. Your 3-P Air will help there and you will be able to use all your gear.
(BTW - what are your 3PAR scores now?)

Start looking on this website's Buy & Sell area.
(There's are two FWB700s on the site for sale now.)
START SAVING your money as when used guns come up for sale you'll want to jump on one you want quickly (and I mean within hours of being posted on the site).
Rough guess:
Airgun $1800-$2600
Smallbore $2400-$3500 (and up)
(no, this is not a cheap sport)
(Oh, hey --- male of female?)

Then Practice:
Airgun ... OK... play the 3-P game while you are still in HS, but also start training for 60 shot standing.
Smallbore ... begin with 3x20 (order= K-P-S <not the CMP P-S-K>) ... (wow! ... this gun moves a lot when you fire it!!!) and then also prepare for 3x40 ... you have to train for that length ...

Compete: Nationals are at Ft Benning - see schedule on USA Shooting website ... if you are not a member, join - required to compete at Nats. If you want the Collegiate coaches to start looking at you, you need to be there ... this summer! Compete in both events.

Grades: A Collegiate coach these days cannot risk a shooter being academically ineligible. Take the SAT & ACTs as many times as you need to to get up to where the schools can give you some sort of academic scholarship. The are really no full-rides in rifle (well ... except at the service academies)
Good grades matter maybe more than your shooting skills.

Get on the school's rifle webpages and start filling out their "new recruit" forms .... you may have to search a bit for them ... maybe under a "More" tab. Get on the NCAA Eligibility center and make sure you have the core classes required in H.S. to be on an NCAA team. Sign up there and get your number (Maybe even do this before you fill out the schools recruit pages ... some of them want that number.

There's a lot more to cover, but these are the basic steps to get going on .... now.

Since you've started, ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE ---- many folks will help you out

brhsfrench wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:26 am The service academies are my first choices, by the way (Go Navy, Beat Army!)