Things to do with guns to avoid the Cold weather

[dsdmmat]

This weekend I am cleaning guns and loading some ammunition.
The nice thing about the super cold weather is, I get to catch up on all the maintenance I should have been doing all year long.

 

[Steal2B]

Things to do with guns to avoid the Cold weather

Maybe bad weather us why God invented indoor ranges?

 

[Mosinitis]

I will shoot a prone match at South Jersey next weekend. Unless there is a blizzard the match is a go. Sub-freezing weather is in the forecast.

 

[dsdmmat]

I will shoot down to 9*F but after that I wimp out.

 

[Mosinitis]

Next Sunday will probably be the coldest I shot in, around 20F. It's intimidating when setting up, but once the firing starts adrenaline kicks in and the only thing that bothers you is runny nose. I actually do better in cold weather, it keeps your body more static, nervous system, pulse and so on.

 

[dsdmmat]

Next Sunday will probably be the coldest I shot in, around 20F. It's intimidating when setting up, but once the firing starts adrenaline kicks in and the only thing that bothers you is runny nose. I actually do better in cold weather, it keeps your body more static, nervous system, pulse and so on.

20 is nice shooting weather, at 9 my fingers go on strike.

 

[Exonautic]

As long as there isn't a minus sign before the number I'm out shooting them if in not stuck at work.

 

[Mosinitis]

20 is nice shooting weather, at 9 my fingers go on strike.

I hear you. Because of the numbness it's easy to pull through the second stage of the trigger and fire before you intend too. I have a lower set up for the winter with heavier second stage, but haven't used it in a while.

 

[meketrefe]

This is great weather to test all that shtf equipment and firearms you have been talking about!!! ...
I guess if actually shtf maybe we can reschudule for a more convenient weather for everyone!!
It is like a friend of mine.... it is too windy and wet to go shooting!... yeah right, dumb nuts, how are you going to get good at reading wind if you dont do it when you have a chance!

 

[togmaster]

I will be at the range tomorrow morning sighting in a new scope.

 

[Saltwater60]

I had to replace a car battery today because my wife never drives it and the battery died.

 

[Doc8404]

I will shoot down to 9*F but after that I wimp out.

I’m similar but wimp out around 59*F

 

[HighlandLofts]

I don't do much shooting here in Western Washington, Winter is our rain season. If it isn't raining it is going to.
I don't like the guns getting wet. If we get a nice sunny day which is only once in a blue moon I'll go regardless of the temp.

It's gun maintenance time or brass prep & reloading.

 

[thegatman]

You could should the Hunter's Tour in upstate NY. Test out your stamina and gun functioning. OR squirrel hunting.

 

[dsdmmat]

I actually went to the range today. Just to check on the property and to change the combination on the lock for the new year, though. I don't need to test myself in this weather. I already know I am proficient in being miserable.

 

[tapper3]

I will shoot down to 9*F but after that I wimp out.

After many years of being so deep into IPSC shooting that I would go to matches that were all speed shoots with paths cleared through the snow from the shooting box to the targets and countless matches shot with bagged targets in the driving rain I took a few years off. Then my son decided to get his permit and go with me.

By that time I had gotten a convertible toy car and I laid down the law --- if I can't put the top down....... I ain't going.

 

[Criticalt]

I dont mind the cold.
Im out in it all day anyways, so I tap a few targets while out and about.

 

[Doc8404]

I dont mind the cold.
Im out in it all day anyways, so I tap a few targets while out and about.

That’s what I’ve started doing when riding

 

[Glenn B]

Why avoid the cold weather? I have been out each and every day of the past work week for at least a few hours of walking. Stayed warm because I was clothed properly and was moving. The rest of the time I was inside doing whatever as usual.

 

[dsdmmat]

Why avoid the cold weather? I have been out each and every day of the past work week for at least a few hours of walking. Stayed warm because I was clothed properly and was moving. The rest of the time I was inside doing whatever as usual.

If it were up to me I would be somewhere in the 70s right now.

 

[Doc8404]

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[Glenn B]

If it were up to me I would be somewhere in the 70s right now.

Me too but I cannot be there so here we are in this arctic blast. Have to make the best of it. Since I walk about 5 to 6 miles each workday, the great majority of that outdoors, I figure dress warm and enjoy it.

 

[dsdmmat]

Me too but I cannot be there so here we are in this arctic blast. Have to make the best of it. Since I walk about 5 to 6 miles each workday, the great majority of that outdoors, I figure dress warm and enjoy it.

More power to ya!

 

[meketrefe]

seriously, nobody can come up with better ideas how to beat the winter blues?

 

[dsdmmat]

Well I am half way through my cleaning and maintenance regiment. Lever actions are so nice to clean and maintain, one screw and the whole thing is ready for foaming and rodding. I am going to have to take a couple of them out to use for the 25 yard rifle and the 50 yard PCC challenges. In all this AR and semi auto carbine frenzy I had forgotten how well the feel in the hands.

 

[Greywolf224]

I actually went to the range today. Just to check on the property and to change the combination on the lock for the new year, though. I don't need to test myself in this weather. I already know I am proficient in being miserable.
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Hey where do you stick the cassette in that thing?

 

[GOPerfect]

After reading this thread, I also began a deep clean of everything. I cleaned all of my pistols and I will begin a deep clean of my long guns.

 

[Robin]

Yep, time for the annual cleaning to start. First, put a fan in the window and blow the shit out of the whole gun room/shop, and wipe everything down with lemon pledge. Clean an oil all the guns whether I have used them or not, wax and polish all the stocks, Inspect all the leathers for mold, treat if necessary, wipe down with some pure neatsfoot oil. Should take about a week, but its a labor of love!
Robin

 

[Glenn B]

Now today, the idea behind this thread makes more sense to me if you are not a skier or other winter sports buff. Not as cold as it has been but all I intend to do outside today is shovel more of the white stuff. Will clean some guns or something along those lines while inside.

 

[PinkPanther]

Dry fire, dry fire and more dry fire.