Last Range day of 2010 and it's -31
- Thread starter fatboyz
- Start date
justsomeguy
Regular
- Location
- Calgary-ish
I've seen guys with those little propane heaters you can put on top of a 1 litre bottle. Sit it under the bench or on a shelf beside you.
Winchester 1886
CGN Regular
I have one and it's working very well under the bench.
Well, it was +3C in Whitehorse today!
That's where global warming went, good to know. We were out day before yesterday. Nice day, maybe -15 or so, sunny. Good range day. Sighted in the new (to me) 40X and the 7x61. Ran a few boxes through a dozen handguns (revolvers only, I hate chasing brass in the snow). - dan
Mystic Precision
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Summerland, BC
Well I made her back! Took a few pointers from Jerry and tweaked the loads .1 gr at a time. found my perfect cold weather load at 25.1 gr of RL15, just up .1 gr from my normal load. Made quite a dif, just like Jerry said. I shot 4 shot groups at 100m of .304, .302, and my sweet load of .202. Got it dialed in to 700m now. Tightened up my 500m stringing and shot a 3 rnd group of 1.5" at 500M. The .408 still needs some load development and tweaking. Best group was 3" at 500M.
Great groups for sure. Very impressive 500m group. nice to see a Factory Savage in 223 beat a 408CT Custom
No matter how temp stable any powder is, the range of temps we shoot in will require a tweak. Doesn't take much.
Looking to doing some more testing of my own. Hoping new powders will turbo charge the 223.
Jerry
Max Owner
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I picked up an ice fishing tent to use out in the bush. Put my portable shooting table in it. Have a generator for electric heat.
A thought for those who don't have a great range set up for winter shooting.
I'm tough enough to admit I'm a wimp.
A thought for those who don't have a great range set up for winter shooting.
I'm tough enough to admit I'm a wimp.
