TOO HOT. What is your favorite temperature RANGE for going to the RANGE?

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Nick43 said:
The last time I went to the range on a 90 degree day the eye protection was fogging up so bad I couldn't hit diddly. When I took the glasses off to wipe them, the Range Safety dude started giving me crap. I left after about 20 minutes and swore I'd never do THAT again. I don't mind the cold but never again on a hot day!
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Did you tell the range safety guy that not being able to see out of your glasses is also a safety issue?
 
Major 2 said:
Here in Central Florida, it has never been TOO cold to shoot, very seldom see a freeze.
No so with HOT, the county range is in a palmetto and pine scrub, although covered it can get dam hot.
Also, too many people and too many loud 308's and other ear splitters even with ear protection.

So, I built my own home base range, just me and I can come and go as I please
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I wish I could do that. I live in a townhouse community in a suburb 50 miles north of Philadelphia, PA. The neighbors would probably object. lol
 
When the heat index gets up over 90, I'm thinking it's time for me to leave. This time of year in VA, I plan on my day being done by noon. Especially with bright sun. If it gets too cold, below 35, I'm staying home. Likewise ice and snow are a no-no.
Old bones break easy, so I try not to fall.
 
Rintinglen said:
When the heat index gets up over 90, I'm thinking it's time for me to leave. This time of year in VA, I plan on my day being done by noon. Especially with bright sun. If it gets too cold, below 35, I'm staying home. Likewise ice and snow are a no-no.
Old bones break easy, so I try not to fall.
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When you get old gravity is not your friend.
 
Optimum temperatures for me range from 65 to 75. If the sun is shining 55 is fine and up to 85 is okay if the humidity is low and or there is a nice breeze.
 
Anything over 105 keeps the morons from the desert and I get it all to myself. Rather heat than cold any day.

Below 50 and I stay indoors. Brrrrrr
 
I am somewhat of a masochist when it comes to temperature. Below zero to over a 100 I am good to go. I had the luxury of being stationed in desert environments while in the USMC as well as going to winter survival training. That was over 30 years ago.

Pushing 60 in a couple years, I like to know I can still handle it. So, I intentionally still expose myself to misery because I refuse to capitulate to age.
 
Phenix said:
I rarely go to a range because I have other private property including my own to shoot on, including my front and back yard.
But I hate summer here in SW MO (as I have said here before) so badly that I rarely shoot when it’s over 85 degrees, which means I go into what I call my “summer hibernation” from about the 3’rd week of June until around the first week of September where I don’t do anything outside unless it just has to be done or I am getting paid to do it.
On the other end of the temperature scale I will shoot outside when the temperature is as low as around 20 degrees or so.
My preferred comfort range is from about 40 to 70 degrees.
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Doesn’t matter to me.
 
"It's not the heat, it's the humidity" is my mantra. I'll shoot in the snow, and I'll shoot at 90+ degrees - if the humidity is low enough. There have been many times I've marveled that I've dealt with 110+ degrees in the desert without much trouble, but sometimes 80 degrees (and 80% humidity) will wipe me out here.
 
I left the range this morning at 11:00am after 2 hours of shooting and it was already 91 degrees .
 
Three days a week for me, in hot weather I'll get out on the range and be finished before noon. I'm in agreement with 50-70, I like it even cooler. I quit wearing socks around 50 or so and switch to long shorts with cargo pockets when its consistently above 50. I like the fall and winter best and really don't have problems with the cold until it gets down below freezing all day. I've noticed as I got older at seventy five my hands get stiffer and a little more difficult to use while loading black powder muzzleloaders, especially fitting a cap and priming a pan. The best thing about the cooler weather is less bugs, not that they are a major problem where I'm at. Down by the river we have a couple bug hatches but they are not a real problem. As long as your not drinking anything with sugar in it you don't really have a problem with yellowjackets either.
 
I'd like to be able to say that we Florida boys are used to the heat and humidity and it doesn't bother us...but I can't! It's the reason that almost everything is air conditioned down here! However, my local club and outdoor ranges were carved out of the pine and palmetto scrub lands and sand, and breezes are often blocked by the berms. In the summer months I try to be at the range at 0800 just to beat the sun and heat of the day. Lately it's been in the high 90s and almost 100% humidity...after about 30 minutes my clothes are soaked through. If I'm moving and shooting in one of the Action Bays it only takes about 15 minutes! On the other hand, if I go to the range later in the afternoon, I risk the monsoon rain and thunderstorms. Yes, I prefer shooting during our winter months but it is what it is!
 
Here in Nevada, when it reaches July, most of the temperature for cooling off your barrels is gone by 9am.
I like 70* temps if testing my target loads and 50* for my deer hunting loads, just in case of snow , conditions.
I just shoot for "Fun" when our air hits 80* or more with the kids or fun days for "critters".
Out here in the Desert, one has to put up with heat waves on 200 yard plus targets and usually a 10 mpg "breeze".
 
Kinman said:
Three days a week for me, in hot weather I'll get out on the range and be finished before noon. I'm in agreement with 50-70, I like it even cooler. I quit wearing socks around 50 or so and switch to long shorts with cargo pockets when its consistently above 50. I like the fall and winter best and really don't have problems with the cold until it gets down below freezing all day. I've noticed as I got older at seventy five my hands get stiffer and a little more difficult to use while loading black powder muzzleloaders, especially fitting a cap and priming a pan. The best thing about the cooler weather is less bugs, not that they are a major problem where I'm at. Down by the river we have a couple bug hatches but they are not a real problem. As long as your not drinking anything with sugar in it you don't really have a problem with yellowjackets either.
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I always thought wearing most kinds of shoes, especially leather ones, without socks was a little nasty.
 
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