Winter CAS.

[PWDFR POSSE]

As I know how cold it can get back east & all the snow y'all get back there, does anyone still shoot CAS in the winter months there?   

[Qball]

Yup The Norther Rangers have a indor range.
Unfortunatly no blackpowder loads

[Bull Schmitt]

Here in Ohio I have shot a couple matches with the TUSCO Longriders. If you dress properly it isn't too bad. Anyone used to hunting in the winter will adapt quickly. Loading a C&B can be a little challenging but after a hot cup of coffee everything is okay.

[Missouri Marshal]

We're all weather Cowboys here in Virginia.  The Posses I  shoot with shoot all year long.  We may cancel a match due to unsafe range conditions(bad snow or ice) but we try to have a match every month.

[Wes Virginian]

Yep! I've shot matches in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee in January, February, and March. A little hard to see white plates if there's snow on the ground.

[Trailrider]

Howdy, Pards!

What's the big deal with cold wx?  Don't you have a Ten and a Twenty-below Club?     Just dress in layers:  Thermal-knit undies, trowsers, flannel shirt, sack coat, military "great" coat (wool, with cape), fur cap with earflaps, skin-tight leather shooting gloves, fur mittens hung by a latigo lace over your shoulders, so you can pull them off under your armpits.  Muk-luks or shoe-pacs with wool socks over cotton ones.  Bandana over nose and mouth.  Now try to move in that getup!    Snow-shoes optional!

Degreased guns mechanisms, with maybe a hint of Break-Free on moving surfaces. Light ammo loads should be increased slightly to compensate for low temps. (Do NOT use ball or double-based powders!)

No sweat!  (That is, if you feel to warm, take something OFF. IF you do sweat you may freeze to death!)

Ride easy, but stay alert!  Godspeed to those in harm's way in the defense of Freedom! God Bless America!

Your obedient servant,

 

[Silver Creek Slim]

The CAS club in Holmen, WI shoots outdoors year round. The local Ripon, WI has had an informal February shoot the last couple years.

Slim

[Bridger]

Only way to stay warm in the sort of cold we're talking about, ist to build a big fire.  And it sorta adds a new dimension to the whole day, when you start to use your shotgun at close range to cut firewood.  How'bout it, Sllim?

[Silver Creek Slim]

Only way to stay warm in the sort of cold we're talking about, ist to build a big fire.  And it sorta adds a new dimension to the whole day, when you start to use your shotgun at close range to cut firewood.  How'bout it, Sllim?

It was a full choke. 

Slim

[Russ T Chambers]

Roop County Shoots year round, with one exception in nearly 13 years.
Last January we got a tad of snow, and couldn't get into the range.





We did have one other year that it tried to make us quit, but as long as you shot everything fast enough the barrel stayed hot enough to melt the snow and allow ya' to see the front sights.

[Irish Red O'Toole]

Not that I want y'all to move to So. Cal. , but God has seen fit to bless us with year-round shooting weather.  Sometimes it rains on us.  Sometimes it's a tad cold.  But generally, if we can get to the range, we shoot.

[The Arapaho Kid]

Generally speaking the clubs here in Washington shoot year round.  Some hold off in December & January.  That's when we get the most rain and in some places...the white stuff.

[FJT]

Sheesh - and a tip of the Cowboy Hat to you guys!  I was practicing with Irish Red O'Toole today - it was about 78 degrees...

It's a lot easier to shoot straight when you can actually feel you hands! 

Regards,
FJT