Its an hour drive for me to get to the Illinois State Rifle Range. When I pulled through the gate at 7:00 am , the temperature was 10 degrees. I'm crazy (no), just wanted to try an experiment. I brought with me two very accurate Savage Rifles model 12LRPV in 22-250 and model 93BTVS in 22 mag. The ammo's I brought with work the best in these two rifles. Remington 50gr. V-max boat tail and CCI 40gr. JHP. I wanted to see how these two Savage rifles would do in extreme cold weather.
On top of my two layers of clothes , I also wore a pair of insulated coveralls and a pair of Danner 800 gram insulated boots (to me Danner are the best boots made). I knew I'd have a problem with my hands, from having been frost bitten so many times.
I setup two targets at 100 meters, then setup the shooting bench. Now the wind was at 15-20 mph, but there is a high burm around the 100 meter range that helps with the wind. Its now 8:00 am and time to start. (I should tell you that last night I coated both barrels with Darryl Hollands barrel break-in). The first rifle was the 22-250. After five shots I was surprised group size was good but left of aiming point by 1 inch and low. Next the 22 mag. Group size was 1 1/2 inch and 2 inches low. I shot two more five shot groups with each rifle. I had to shoot between wind gusts. I could not keep my hands warm, so all this shooting was done at a fast pace. Group size stayed about the same.
What did I figure out from this experiment? When the weather is warm, you won't be in a hurry and your groups will be a lot smaller. Both Savage rifles worked great. Also, my wife thinks I'm crazy.
Always be safe. Shoot well and know whats behind your target.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
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