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It's another day of watching the wind blow. I have a couple of new rifles with new scopes, a couple of old ones with new scopes that all need sighted in and also ammo to be tested but it would just be wasted time and ammo. If the weatherguessers hit it right there is a possibiliy for Friday to work on some of these projects. Keeping my fingers crossed. I'm going to blame this wind on Trump. He gets blamed for everything else so it's his fault.

I'm out of inside projects to do but I go to the garage anyway. I can listen to music as loud as I want an piddle around with stuff. The main objective is be out of sight or I might be requested to sweep floors or dust or some other honey-do project. Outta sight, outta mind. I can sort ammo and reloading supplies and ponder what loads to try in my new 223 barrel when the wind settles down and I might even do a little reloading. That's much more important that honey-do things.
 
It sounds like you have what I call cabin fever.

We finished up a major kitchen remodel yesterday and my loading room got tagged as the storage place for all of the stuff that was in the kitchen. I mean, I have not been it my room for 6 weeks! Can you say "withdrawal symptoms"? But its finished, it looks nice and the little lady is happy. Win Win!
 
doubleh said:
It's another day of watching the wind blow. I have a couple of new rifles with new scopes, a couple of old ones with new scopes that all need sighted in and also ammo to be tested but it would just be wasted time and ammo. If the weatherguessers hit it right there is a possibiliy for Friday to work on some of these projects. Keeping my fingers crossed. I'm going to blame this wind on Trump. He gets blamed for everything else so it's his fault.

I'm out of inside projects to do but I go to the garage anyway. I can listen to music as loud as I want an piddle around with stuff. The main objective is be out of sight or I might be requested to sweep floors or dust or some other honey-do project. Outta sight, outta mind. I can sort ammo and reloading supplies and ponder what loads to try in my new 223 barrel when the wind settles down and I might even do a little reloading. That's much more important that honey-do things.
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You don't happen to lived in Oklahoma? I think we blew into Kansas. I have Krag ammo loaded for the center fire challenge, but it's not going to happen at this rate.
 
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You don't happen to lived in Oklahoma? I think we blew into Kansas. I have Krag ammo loaded for the center fire challenge, but it's not going to happen at this rate.
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I'm down in the southeast corner of NM 18 miles or so west of the TX line. The wind blows from the northeast and we get a lot of TX over here. Then the wind switches 180 degrees and TX gets some of it's soil back. Right now the elevation of TX is rising slightly along that line. Since we are mostly grassland and TX is farmland we are slowly gaining in altitude since we get more TX dirt than we send back. We sent a lot back one day last week.on one particular day. It's a slow process. :D
 
I feel your pain. I have test loads worked up for a 7x57 Mauser and a .260 Remington. Have a couple other rifles with new scopes that just need to be sighted in with factory ammo before I start doing load development. Seems like it has stormed every Saturday recently. This coming weekend it's supposed to be dry, but with wind well into the double digits. I might go ahead and get the rifle/scope combos close, but shooting ladders and groups will have to wait ... again. :(

Edit: Armored farmer, that shed looks nice!
 
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I agree, it's crazy weather for both shooting and golf. Interesting to see what the summer brings!
 
mcmurry said:
At least y'all don't have to get out your boat to get to the gun range! Some old man came by looking for help building something he called an "Ark"! I've got nothing else to do so I might go help!
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I'm thankful we didn't get any major flooding this year.
I have been practicing close range off hand to keep one skill on point.
 
Shoot with the wind and zero windage. Then turn ninty degrees to the wind and zero elevation.

I've always wanted to try that. :)

Maybe Texas is big enough to have a place that would work.
I don't have a place like that here in Michigan. So, like you, I wait for those wonderfully still mornings and wake the neighbors at eight.

Sometimes there is light left when it calms down in the evening.

I ruin that tranquility too!:D
 
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It's another day of watching the wind blow. I have a couple of new rifles with new scopes, a couple of old ones with new scopes that all need sighted in and also ammo to be tested but it would just be wasted time and ammo. If the weatherguessers hit it right there is a possibiliy for Friday to work on some of these projects. Keeping my fingers crossed. I'm going to blame this wind on Trump. He gets blamed for everything else so it's his fault.

I'm out of inside projects to do but I go to the garage anyway. I can listen to music as loud as I want an piddle around with stuff. The main objective is be out of sight or I might be requested to sweep floors or dust or some other honey-do project. Outta sight, outta mind. I can sort ammo and reloading supplies and ponder what loads to try in my new 223 barrel when the wind settles down and I might even do a little reloading. That's much more important that honey-do things.
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I'm pretty much having to same problem up here on Ohio. It has been either wet, windy, cold, or all the above.
I did get out Tuesday, but to the wrong range for testing and measuring loads.
 
Don't worry we're halfway through April and then it'll be may and we can look forward to hail storms and twisters and damnit why can't there be more good indoor rifle ranges
 
It's another day of watching the wind blow. I have a couple of new rifles with new scopes, a couple of old ones with new scopes that all need sighted in and also ammo to be tested but it would just be wasted time and ammo.
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There are well accomplished shooters that feel that waiting for perfect conditions don’t tell you how good of a shooter you might be, let alone the rifle/load. The (winning) logic is that idea reinforces a fear of conditions outside the comfort zone. Said another way, the more you know how adverse conditions effect your POA vs POI, the better off you will be. If you only shoot in a tunnel or when conditions are dead calm, you’ll never have an idea on what to do if conditions are less than ideal.
 
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There are well accomplished shooters that feel that waiting for perfect conditions don’t tell you how good of a shooter you might be, let alone the rifle/load. The (winning) logic is that idea reinforces a fear of conditions outside the comfort zone. Said another way, the more you know how adverse conditions effect your POA vs POI, the better off you will be. If you only shoot in a tunnel or when conditions are dead calm, you’ll never have an idea on what to do if conditions are less than ideal.
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Well, that is all certainly true. However I want to get a rifle sighted in with the ammo I'm going to use in good to excellent conditions so I know that it shoots to point of aim and how well it groups. Then I'll shoot and worry about besting less than ideal conditions and actually have a pretty good chance of hitting what I'm shooting at. I would love to have a tunnel to sight in rifles and test ammo. That's the very best way to get things right to start with. It has nothing to do with my comfort zone but everything to do with a rifle's capabilities.
 
I want to get a rifle sighted in with the ammo I'm going to use in good to excellent conditions so I know that it shoots to point of aim and how well it groups. Then I'll shoot and worry about besting less than ideal conditions and actually have a pretty good chance of hitting what I'm shooting at.
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I understand, just pointing out you don’t have to just sit and watch the wind blow, there is value in that too, when you could learn it’s effects.

Same things you intend to learn just would be at different times “besting less than ideal” then seeing what it will do under ideal, when that comes around.

I always liked this one by Sam Hall.



It’s drawn out and he seems like he is long winded in some explanations but watch the trees beside him and where his focus is as conditions change. Then he is done in under 20 seconds starting his group at 8:35, right afterwards the trees start moving again. Once you realize that, he does a good job of talking while he’s waiting things out and paying attention, except for 7:09-7:29 when he’s thinking about a run.

Would be even better if it were split screen to show his wind flags and a modern camera.

Being out in the worst conditions but waiting for the best conditions.
 
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Armored farmer said:
We had about four rainy days here last week.
I completely reorganized my shed. It is now full blown hunting shack/man cave/reloading room.
Time well spent.
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I still need to pitch some stuff.
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Armored Farmer, thats a good looking place!

As soon as we get past the Easter weekend I've got to start working on my room. They finished the kitchen remodel last week so most of the non-shooting stuff has been moved out.
 
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