My main shooting buddy likes to get out real early in the a.m., but I hate doing that, so I generally just wait till fall. Besides, here in south Georgia in the summer, even at 8:00 in the morning, it can often still feel like friggin' Vietnam !!
Too hot to shoot
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luckily my Gun Club has enclosed shooting ranges... each range has an enclosed range office that is air-conditioned with lots of seating .. so you can go on line... without the sun beating down on you and with large fans to allow air flow.. you can then take a break, go in the range office and grab a cold coke.
One of our big bore rifle ranges..
Air conditioned big bore rifle range office
Down range
You can take a break anytime you want and go up to the club's air conditioned field house restaurant, to grab a sandwich, salad, fresh fruit, some ice cream or a steak.
One of our big bore rifle ranges..
Air conditioned big bore rifle range office
Down range
You can take a break anytime you want and go up to the club's air conditioned field house restaurant, to grab a sandwich, salad, fresh fruit, some ice cream or a steak.
loose noose
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BTW, when I was a youngster 11-mid 50's I was kind of like agt, I would shoot in any kind of heat, cold, or weather rain or shine. However, when I got older and got more sense, I did, and still do appreciate the creature comforts a lot more. I still do a lot of shooting, but it is in the early morning hours, at daybreak.
Thank you, Ive been to many ranges in my life but this range is about as good as it gets.... we had a big storm even 10 days ago with took down 65 trees, today they cleared off all the access roads and allowed the member to see the devastation.. the club is still closed but the club house and restaurant was open today... still no shooing.. looks like an Oklahoma twister ran through the 88 acres.. they are hoping to open some of the ranges by this Thursday , its costing us 10,000 a day to have trees removed, trucks and equipment and mad power.. we are not allowed to help with the clean up... Not sure how much is covered by insurance...
This is one of our three skeet fields ( high house low house ).
This is one of our three skeet fields ( high house low house ).
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My favorite range is underwater right now. I need to check out other options since it may be a while until they dry out. We have an indoor range a few miles away but it costs $35/Hr to shoot on the rifle range for nonmembers. Only four positions and you will be on a waiting list. Membership is $225 a year and then it costs $17.50/hr to shoot if you are a member.
This is what we do here in Oklahoma when it's "too hot to shoot:" www.okrunngun.com
5 and 10K run 'n gun. We do a winter one in January too.
If shooting is just recreation to you, by all means stay in. But if you are on board with the reasoning behind the Second Amendment, better get out and train, rain and shine, hot and cold, day and night. Threats to liberty do not wait for ideal conditions.
5 and 10K run 'n gun. We do a winter one in January too.
If shooting is just recreation to you, by all means stay in. But if you are on board with the reasoning behind the Second Amendment, better get out and train, rain and shine, hot and cold, day and night. Threats to liberty do not wait for ideal conditions.
I was there yesterday for the first time...The road leading into the parking lot is about 1/4 mile long,, and cut down trees were lining both sides of the drive way... it took them all this time ( 10 days just to clear the driveway using outside contractors,, I saw a 175,000 dollar wood chipper, that can automatically take in a 28 inch in diameter tree and chew it up. it can take a ten foot X 28 inch tree and chew it up in 30 seconds... Like I said they counted 65 tree down on the property.. Luckily no one was hurt, the storm came after club hours... and only lasted a few hours but the wind 70 to 85 mph only lasted 20 minutes... 1/2 million people lost power... took many 5 days to get it back...
I live 20 minutes from the club and amazingly we did not lose power and we had violent thunder storms and we had high winds too.. we had 360 lightning strikes in our area
I live 20 minutes from the club and amazingly we did not lose power and we had violent thunder storms and we had high winds too.. we had 360 lightning strikes in our area
Shooting is about the only thing I will tolerate 100° for, it rarely gets above mid 80s where I live so when I Drive to Reno or Sacramento to shoot and it's 100° plus I just remember that the worst day at the range is better than the best day at work and just try to embrace the suck.
My biggest problem is remembering to drink enough water, if I don't get down the better part of a gallon before noon at high activity then I will be dehydrated and the day goes downhill.
My biggest problem is remembering to drink enough water, if I don't get down the better part of a gallon before noon at high activity then I will be dehydrated and the day goes downhill.
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