Looking forward to cooler temperatures to resume shooting

[MarkInPA]

Thanks Mike.

 

[Eric H]

Went out this morning with my 6.5x284 and was able to find one good sub .5 MOA group. Now to go back and prove it at a later date. Hopefully this week.

 

[MarkInPA]

Kind of ironic. Its either in this months Rifle magazine or Handloader magazine, they have an article about keeping the barrel cool.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

Only place I've been worse than Savannah in the summer was Jackson, MS

I'm about 100 miles north, no gulf breeze here.
But we get the humidity. About 150 north of me the temps actually cool off more at night.

Our day-night difference this time of year is normally 15-20*

 

[Bob Wright]

I didn't draw a rifle tag for anything this fall. Then we have temps in the 110's and early am at 90+. It's not worth the time for me to pack up everything and go to my shooting spot to pop off a few rounds let alone 10 shot ladders on load development. Just something I can do in the cooler months for the next fall season. I'm pretty idle on anything during the summer here.

 

[Hugnot]

Western Montana, elevation 3.500 ft. Temps max out at 4:30 -5:00 PM, mid 90's.

How's it's go - "the early bird gets the worm" .

 

[Lee7588]

Here in Florida it is swamp *** season. 75° at 7 am with 91% humidity. And it only gets worse as the day goes on. Anyone want to trade? I'll even take hotter temps as long as the humidity is low

 

[Will.284]

Mid to high 90's in central Mt with higher than normal humidity,60's in the am early but I still shoot any time I can . We have a early season elk hunt end of August so I shoot in all weather

 

[Knight]

Here in Florida it's extremely hot, so hot you can sweat under water. No range time until late October, hopefully.

 

[VTbluegrass]

Eastern NC where the temp and humidity resemble that of the interior of rubber pants in a sauna.
Even this morning the temp was 83 with 80% humidity this morning. I didn't even sweat and my shirt got wet from walking out to load the kids in the car.

 

[tysonmax]

I'm in Florida as well and loathe the summer heat for shooting. Actually, I loathe the heat in general but that's another story. I kind of follow a specific routine for July to September, which is to be at the range by 8:30am and limit my range time to 90 minutes. That usually keeps me in the 77-83 degree window. I also put the day's loads I plan to shoot, along with the rifle in the truck first thing in the morning which eliminates some of the condensation issues going from cool AC to instant humid heat. I also made a barrel cooler using a small rechargeable air-mattress pump and hose which helps tremendously. I still limit shot strings to 3 and run the air pump for 10 minutes in the barrel between groups. Seems to work well for me so far.

 

[Victor3Ranger1]

FT Benning GA - yes, I said FT Benning

I totally agree
Spent a lot of time there

 

[Mikecr]

Eastern NC where the temp and humidity resemble that of the interior of rubber pants in a sauna.
Even this morning the temp was 83 with 80% humidity this morning. I didn't even sweat and my shirt got wet from walking out to load the kids in the car.

Me too (Southport), and the dew point is ~78deg.
So if gun & ammo is not fully above 78 before you even open the case, everything is immediately drowned.
But, at least it's not Florida!

 

[Phil Rizzo]

I totally agree
Spent a lot of time there

I guess your chute never failed to open! Obviously