What do you do when it is >100 degrees outside?

load

Dug out big can of GI/NATO 7.62x51-308 brass and had at it. Decap, remove primer crimp, polish, size, trim, debur in and out. I did not do flash holes or primer pockets. Primed, charge and seated the last 147 gr FMJBT tonite.

Match ammo w/ Lapua cases next.
 
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I can shoot off the back porch. Handguns and .22 anyhow. Fans in the ceiling. Drinks and AC just inside. Step out of the kitchen, open porch door (important). Shoot popper on hillside about 40 yds distant.

Bamaboy and I shot the M28 with WC's the other afternoon. Kid did real good single action. I banged away some w/ the G20-10mm too, and we spent 15 minutes shagging brass from beneath the porch furniture.
 
Shoot early or shoot late. Don't fart around. Put rounds down range, drink a lot of water, and get out. Personally, typically we don't shoot much in July and August. Pools and movies for us. We're like troglodytes until the temperature drops.

On the positive its dropped two degrees since last week's incredible highs. Keep the faith!
 
BBroadside said:
and not being fool enough to wear jeans
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Respectfully, I disagree. Good cotton jeans absorbs the sweat and provides cooling through evaporation. I feel much hotter wearing shorts than I do when I'm wearing jeans. I do agree that a good hat is essential, but I'm one of those guys who feels undressed without a hat or cap.

Now, if you all will excuse me, I've got to load the truck for a trip to the range. A friend and I are taking his daughter to the range, where we'll introduce her to the intricacies of the .22LR revolver. While we're there we'll sight in his hunting rifle and enjoy the fellowship of the gun.

I'll be dressed in jeans, tennies, tee shirt and cap. The weather-weenies are predicting 100F with 80% humidity.
 
100º outside? Stay inside. I'm not covered all over with stupid.

If I'm gonna shoot, I'll do it early in the morning. 2nd choice, late evening.
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My method also, with Texas over 100 each day, go shooting early morning for perhaps 1.5 hours and that is it, for me it's a sport I love but not while sitting in an oven baking slow. My dog has enough sense to go inside above100.:D
 
here in southern MN, not quite been holding 100, but almost twice the humidity of places like TX, just about makes it worse ( remember... you got dry heat :p )

mosquitos have been horrible here this year even in broad daylight they've been nasty... only time it's decient, is if it's too windy to shoot at any kind of distances ( fortunately for me, I've been practicing Cowboy at shorter distances )... but my 300 yard tagets have been feeling neglected...

so what do I do... I go down to my air conditioned man cave & reload... originally I thought winter would be my prime time to load, but I find myself in the basement more during the heat of the summer
 
It's already 100 degrees at 6 in the morning here and I shoot on open land. No covered benches like the ranges have. Get a pop-up canopy for shade and a cooler full of drinks. As long as you are out early(when it is around 100) it doesn't feel to bad when it gets to 110+. Trying to go out in the afternoon when it is already 110+ it is just plain too hot.

But it is worth it come fall/winter/spring when it is 70-85 for about 9 months.
 
When its 101 and 97% humidity and you want to shoot at 100 yards just shoot a lighter gun so you don't have to put on your shooting jacket.:D

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I stay inside. I don't shoot when the weather sucks. Super-hot, cold, rain, lots of wind... No thanks. I shoot for fun. Bad weather is not fun. Shooting in bad weather is not fun.
 
When it gets hot I....go to work
When its cold I go to work
anywhere in between im at work

So :) I don't care if its boiling hot and the devil is sweating and taking a break, im shooting if its cold and raining im shooting.

Shoot and train in any and every environment :) I also live in lower alabama.

And plus if I really wanted to I can shoot right out of my bedroom window in the ac :)
 
Reload, or find other things to do, same as when it's 20 degrees out.
I don't want my rifles sighted to shoot well in 100F or 20F, because that's not even close to the temperatures that will occur when I'm using them for hunting.
 
Okinawa at the Camp Schwab rifle range it was 100 degrees with 95% plus humidity. I pulled butts all morning in the heat, shot the 200 and 300 yard line and then it started pouring rain. Targets were falling off the carriages b/c of wind and rain. Still, I shot expert, 328 out of 350. Why?
I rountinely shoot in miserable conditions. When stationed at the Mountain Warfare Training Center in Pickel Meadows, CA, I would often go shooting over the Christmas break and there was 6 feet plus of snow on the ground.
I snowshoed up, shot, and shoeshoed down. Perhaps I am a masochist, but it was fun. The environment and terrain made it difficult, and I felt a sense of pride at overcoming them. It was a challenge; by being challenged, we improve. Isn't that the point of practice?
I have always felt that preparation, planning, and perserverence beat any weather. You never know when Mr. Murphy will strike, so being prepared is paramount. Perpare (train) for the worst, hope for the best.
 
When i had cats...

I'd shoot them off the table and counter with an airsoft gun. Got so when i cocked it they would disappear.

Then, not cats...moved out of Texas. Not a cheap solution, but you will be happier! :)
 
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