it sucks so much when you plan on going to the range...and it rains

[patsfan1281]

What a bummer...really wanted to go..now can't go until next week.

Can't wait until i join my local range with a indoor range that i can go to really from 4PM to midnight almost every day

 

[patsfan1281]

that sucks

Ya. I am counting down the days to when i am a member at my local place with a indoor range for the snowy days...otherwise i will be outside most the time. Have to wait until December to get my keycard (gains access to outdoor ranger and inside range)

They also allow nothing higher then .45 caliber.

it's 8 lanes at 50 feet


Place i shoot now is a local gun shop and the owner owns a large sand pit out back he lets people shoot at for free

 

[raymo2u]

Something always happens when i plan to go so i just buy ammo and if its sunny and Im not doing anything for a few hours, i go.

The last time i planned it, it was the first time it rain in 17 days and the weather channel and accuweather said it was going to be sunny UNTIL that morning 3 days later. I had 1500 rounds between my friend and I and we both had brand new pistols waiting to be broke in. We still went but i ended up with a sinus infection, BUT I LOVED EVERY MINUTE I WAS FIRING, even if i WAS getting wet.

Winter time i will dress warm and just deal with the cold.

 

[sipowicz]

I'm looking forward to March 7th since they tell us it's going to rain in SoCal that day...

 

[patsfan1281]

Something always happens when i plan to go so i just buy ammo and if its sunny and Im not doing anything for a few hours, i go.

The last time i planned it, it was the first time it rain in 17 days and the weather channel and accuweather said it was going to be sunny UNTIL that morning 3 days later. I had 1500 rounds between my friend and I and we both had brand new pistols waiting to be broke in. We still went but i ended up with a sinus infection, BUT I LOVED EVERY MINUTE I WAS FIRING, even if i WAS getting wet.

Winter time i will dress warm and just deal with the cold.

Right now i can't just up and go when i feel...place i shoot at is only open 3 days a week from 5-9 PM...and it gets dark at 5:45 now (just a gun shop with large sand pit out back)

 

[max]

I like it when it rains as it keeps the rookies away. I usually have the place to myself.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I like watching the rain bounce off the bullet going down range.

 

[LVSteve]

It's not rain that bothers me here so much as wind. Even if you are just shooting pistols the grit in your teeth gets old. Trying to shoot a rifle over 200 yards becomes pointless when the wind gets up and start really swirling between the berms. It's not just the left to right drift but the up and down, too.

 

[Smoke]

Go in the rain dude, the bad guys don't just work on bright sunny days

 

[snowman]

I much prefer an outdoor range; seems to me that the plusses far outweigh the minuses. But you have mentioned the main minus. I went recently on a day when rain was not predicted; got targets and everything set up, fired a cylinder or two, and it started raining. I waited awhile until the targets got soggy enough to double over, then quit. Oh, well.

Andy

 

[perrazi]

happened today for me. was colder and windy anyway.

 

[patsfan1281]

Go in the rain dude, the bad guys don't just work on bright sunny days

I would hate to see my baby get wet unless it has too

 

[brucev]

What a bummer...really wanted to go..now can't go until next week.

Can't wait until i join my local range with a indoor range that i can go to really from 4PM to midnight almost every day

Bad deal. Know the feeling. You will enjoy the indoor range. Really makes things easier.

 

[cowboy45]

Go in the rain dude, the bad guys don't just work on bright sunny days

Rain don't bother me. I'm dang sure not gonna melt and neither is the gun. Just clean and lube when you get home.

It's like getting a holster wet. If water hurts leather, then cows would be in trouble when it rains.

 

[walkin jack]

I much prefer shooting outdoors. No need to worry about ventilation, lighting, acoustics, etc and, well, it just FEELS better to be outdoors. I am fortunate in that I have a couple of indoor ranges around my area that I can go to when I just gotta have me some gun smoke and recoil and the weather is too bad to shoot outdoors. Better than not going shooting at all I suppose.

 

[Minnehaha]

Pistol Practice - Bin Laden's Liquor Store

Here is a link you can use to get a little pistol practice at home on those rainy days. This may get me in trouble, but the moderators can decide if it is OK.

http://www.politesociety.com/binladenliquors_ol10%5b1%5d.swf

 

[Kevin G]

Anybody set up an open sided tent-like rig to shoot under when it rains?
Works quite well, also provides shade on a hot day.
Kevin G

 

[rwsmith]

I'm really priviledged....

The ranges in our State Parks have nice covers built over the tables!

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!


What is bad is that the tables are about 2 feet apart....at the most.


OHHHHHHHHHHHH!


It also makes it loud like an indoor range, especially if somebody is shooting big stuff which is usually the case.

 

[Cyrano]

Was going to to out yesterday; the wind was high enough I knew I couldn't keep a target up. Today was breezy but much better; got a few rounds through my Shansei Mauser 45 and a wartime commercial C 96.

 

[Rpg]

I hate indoor ranges!

Can't move around, noisy and loud.

I can use my outdoor range without regard to weather - unless the weather is bad enough to keep me home.