Tell us about your shooting in the winter. What differences did you notice ?

I load my AR15 down to only about 2300 fps for CQB. Don't need a lot of power to punch a hole in a paper target 25 yards away. In last match (temp about 0 C) some rounds did not cycle the action. They needed another grain or two of powder.

For bench shooting in the winter, i take the ammo to the range in a picnic cooler. In the cooler is a 2 liter pop bottle full of hot tap water.

For the actual shooting, I transfer 5 rounds a time into my shirt pocket. This keeps the ammo at body temp, so the test session uses ammo at hot summer temps.
 
Down here in the 'winter', brass cools off when it goes to ground - man in the summer the brass stays hot

Sometimes for winter shooting I wear pants instead of shorts if it is a very cool morning

Sometimes a light jacket for weekly Thursday night practical matches because they are after dark so gets cool

Sorry folks, just could not resist when I read the thread title. I do remember what it is like to shoot in the winter :)
 
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