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Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - CJW - 06-16-2022
Vile Horde,
It 0500 Thursday and Im on my way to the club to shoot.
I went up yesterday to get my Thermion sighted in with a brand new bullet, 129ABLR
Got to the club a 1345, stepped out of the truck, though I was going to pass out from the heat.
Hot as blue blazes, 100 degrees on the firing line It is just hot as he** in Georgia in June, it was not like that before Joe Biden was elected president ..
I taped two HotHand hand warmers to two pieces of white poster board and stapled one on the 50 yard berm the other on the 100 yard berm.
Came back to the line mounted my thermion to my rifle, took the rig to the firing line, fired the scope up,
an settled in behind the rifle for a real big time.
Now get this ..when I looked in my scope the entire target butt lit up like the sun, at 50 and 100 yards.
My hand warmers were invisible I tried different color palettes, nothing was giving me good target definition .
Well its time for me to load up and leave .as soon as I decide what gender I going to shoot as today, heck I might even shoot as a different species today
Today Im shooting as an Adamasgender Tardigrade.
Live Big!
Chuck
Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - Fodderwing - 06-16-2022
You should go to the indoor temp controlled range near Winder.
Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - Fodderwing - 06-16-2022
The Georgia Gun Club, nice place. Not cheap, but comfy when the weather is inhospitable.
Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - Double Naught Spy - 06-16-2022
Senor(a)(ita) Tardigrade, welcome to the issue of thermal crossover whereby everything is approximately the same temperature. A hothands will not work well against the backstop that has been heated in the sunshine. On really hot days, what you need is a cold target (like a can of pop) that you can dangle from a target frame, ice cube you can rest on a cardboard ledge you tape to the target, etc.
I have steel silhouettes at my place. I just pick a portion of the head and see how well the bullet impacts. However, in the late afternoon, the steel target is often close to the same temp as the backstop, so I have to be careful with that.
Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - CJW - 06-16-2022
DNS, you are an absolute genius.
David and I are going to night hunt porkers next Thursday & Friday ..
Hope everything is great with you and your family.
Chuck
Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - CJW - 06-16-2022
Fodderwing, thanks for the suggestion of GGC .
I have tried to shoot the 100 yard range twice, just to crono loads and have had to leave both times scared for my life.
Loaded guns pointed at me twice Very weak range officers and management team.
Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - Fodderwing - 06-17-2022
The only time I shot there, a dude was shooting a 338 Lapua mag at 100 yards.
Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - Klem - 06-17-2022
Fodderwing Wrote:The only time I shot there, a dude was shooting a 338 Lapua mag at 100 yards.
There's obviously more to this story.
Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - Fodderwing - 06-17-2022
338 Lapua mag in an indoor gun range, not pleasant for innocent by standers.
Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - CJW - 06-17-2022
Someone is going to get hurt there .
Serving beer and whiskey at a gun range was the first red flag waved to me ..
Too many Rambos.
Range officers with no balls.
Problems sighting in yesterday!!! - Zeneffect - 06-17-2022
Klem Wrote:There's obviously more to this story.
It's not uncommon to see.
Experienced this myself, along with 50bmg.