Hopefully the last cold day of shooting (this winter)...

[pmclaine]

Low 20s with some miserable wind. Still though, its the range......
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Cold bore and a sighter in the middle target. Than 5 shots in the corners. 180 grain MK with 39.8 of 4064. The sun setting in the west was crushing at the 300 so I stayed facing North at the 100.

 

[AIAW]

Man, I know. I can't stand winter - anywhere. Granted, this year in Texas has been pretty mild. I'm most comfortable when it's 90+ outside. If it's under 70 then I am freezing!

 

[pmclaine]

Heat can be uncomfortable but cold hurts.

If its too hot, and you can do it, you slow down. If its too cold your just fucked.

 

[S12A]

really enjoyed your post about this rifle on scout, looking at doing something similar myself . bit harder to find cool parts here in Aus, adds to the experience of a build i guess

 

[pmclaine]

really enjoyed your post about this rifle on scout, looking at doing something similar myself . bit harder to find cool parts here in Aus, adds to the experience of a build i guess

Well on the bright side I think you miss most of the cold. I hope someday Australia lightens up on its gun laws. It would prevent our stupid pols from saying "Why can't we be like Australia"...

Thanks for your comments on my rifle. I'm pretty happy with it.

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

Low 20s with some miserable wind. Still though, its the range......

Anyone can shoot on a COC Day.

 

[vh20]

Finally, some like-minded people when it comes to cold weather! I just can't stand it, but I'm in a huge minority in the circles I run in. I was raised working all summer in Alabama hayfields, and am used to the heat. I can deal with it, but as PM said, cold hurts!

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

I prefer to shoot in the worst weather bama offers. One reason is the range is all mine and I don't have to worry about getting shot by the "Experts". The other an main reason is the different types of weather we have allows log entries from flat land & unbelievable mirage that will wash a target at 600yds, to high angle cold weather shooting subs that will eat your lunch shooting 1/4 moa targets at 150yds. COC days are good to mow the lawn, or chase women depending on how the mower is running. LOL

 

[pmclaine]

If I make he decision to shoot weather is not a factor until Im deciding which rifle to put in the bag. If I think water will be involved the wood stocked guns stay home.

What handicaps me most is I typically shoot after work, on my ride home. Work wear limits my cold weather comfort as an example.....
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Not exactly range friendly or weather suitable. On those occasions when I can wear the Filson wool overalls and layer the upper with thermals wool and a warm shell cold is less a factor.

Always though the hands seem to suffer.

How Hector Cafferata was able to function and perform the marksmanship feat he did given time, place, temperature, I understand he wasn't even wearing boots at the start of the action, elevates him above the level of "human".

http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/3091/cafferata-hector-a-jr.php

 

[canuckistaninia]

Sheesh, I wish it was that warm here, low twenties is great shooting weather. I woke up to -2 yesterday and called it. It was just too cold of a day to enjoy myself at the range.

 

[pmclaine]

Sheesh, I wish it was that warm here, low twenties is great shooting weather. I woke up to -2 yesterday and called it. It was just too cold of a day to enjoy myself at the range.

Good training.

I don't think Id do it two or three days in a row and it gets tiring real quick but Id give it a shot....literally.

 

[canuckistaninia]

Good training.

I don't think Id do it two or three days in a row and it gets tiring real quick but Id give it a shot....literally.

It is, and I've done it, but numb finger tips are not so good for load development

 

[fmaglin]

Our range just re-opened March 1st. 37 degF with NW wind at 15MPH gusting to 20. Frozen finger tips, but wouldn't miss opening day!

 

[pmclaine]

The hands its always the hands that suffer.

I think when I rode my motorcycle more I suffered some from Reynauds.

A ride of length at temps of mid 40's and below would leave the tips of my fingers gray and the pain of coming back to life absolutely sucked.

I read of a treatment the US Army developed to try to treat (or trick) your mind into maintaining circulation to the fingers when its cold out.

Basically you sit outside in a moderate cold with less than adequate insulation over your core while keeping your hands immersed in some comfortably warm water.

Your brain says "Hey the core is getting a little cold but these fingers feel just so warm" Instead of your typical physical response of shutting down extremeties to conserve heat in the core. You trick the brain into keeping bloof flow to the hands and train it to realize "Hey its not that cold really we can keep hands and core warm"

Havent tried it but I don't know how this overcomes the vibration component of Reynauds.

 

[Nik H]

This weekend in NE looks like January. Will be below freezing the entire time I am back. Was planning to bang some steel but unlikely at 25 degrees

 

[Sonic Crack]

It has been another milder than normal winter (Ohio) Still, Ill take cold over too hot any day.

 

[WATERWALKER]

I left Maine this past fall. I moved back to the great state of Texas. I can't tell y'all how tired I was of dealing w/ the cold. If you haven't experienced a northern winter then you probably don't understand what it is to wake up to -15* F & say "Not too bad out today. Only -15." A buddy sent me a text 1 & 1/2 weeks ago "-10* F going to the range." I laughed & sent him a text stating 90+ today. Going to range here too. Even sweating profusely I never once thought "Sure wish I was in Maine." In this neck of the woods, anything less than 70*F is cold. I always said I'd trade black flies for rattlesnakes.

 

[vh20]

I prefer to shoot in the worst weather bama offers. One reason is the range is all mine and I don't have to worry about getting shot by the "Experts". The other an main reason is the different types of weather we have allows log entries from flat land & unbelievable mirage that will wash a target at 600yds, to high angle cold weather shooting subs that will eat your lunch shooting 1/4 moa targets at 150yds. COC days are good to mow the lawn, or chase women depending on how the mower is running. LOL

Oh, I do the same. I prefer hot weather to cold, but I never let the weather factor into whether I'm shooting, or not. If I have time off work, I will do everything possible to work in at least a little shooting in the day, hot or cold, even if it's only 10-12 rounds. If it's really windy (which we don't get a lot of) I especially like to grab my 6.5 CM and train on wind calls @ 1000. If it's a warm, still summer evening, I like to pull the 338 NM out and stretch its legs to see just how far I can reach with it (can't do that very much during the winter because that part of my range gets too wet and muddy to shoot from the extreme ranges). One great thing though - no matter the weather I always have the range to myself!