Barry Sloe Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 This weekend the misses and I wimped out on shooting. Predicted temp around 103. Yesterday's temp on my John Deere thermometer was 114, in the shade. Where do you draw the line? Barry Sloe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 At 105 I don't wear leather chaps or a wool waist coat (unless i am really going for style points... ). I just keep drinking water. Leather roping cuffs stay on though. I'll also wet my silk wild rag to stay cool. The heat don't bother me near as much as humidity. I work an inside/outside job that requires Fire Resistant Clothing long sleeves and heavy pants all year. Cold and heat I get used to pretty quick. That said, coming home from EoT in 2011 driving across Texas my thermometer read 117°. I was figgerin' THAT was too hot for about anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Art Tillery Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 THE HEAT/HUMIDITY SUCKS! Just my two cents.. . Prefer to shoot around 65degrees.... but it don't happen often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 In Arizona I would draw the line at about 115. In Georgia I would draw the line at about 100. I think the difference in humidity (24% vs 54%) makes those pretty comparable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 I start whining at 90 degrees. I've shot when it was hotter but it's not my favorite thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Bob Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 In Arizona I would draw the line at about 115. In Georgia I would draw the line at about 100. I think the difference in humidity (24% vs 54%) makes those pretty comparable. Whoa! 24% humidity?! That puts us in our rainy season! Too (who cooked dinner on the concrete without a grill out back last nite) Tall Bob in Tucson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Houston is a balmy 90+º with humidity to match. Good thing it's a wet heat cr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castalia,SASS#18915 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 It got so hot last week that the Marshall medallions slid right off my SASS Rugers. Could only find one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Whoa! 24% humidity?! That puts us in our rainy season! Too (who cooked dinner on the concrete without a grill out back last nite) Tall Bob in Tucson Got to lean over to far to cook...Prefer the brick wall...Easier on the back...Hit 108 on patio now dropping to 105... TL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger #3720LR Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 There are mistakes people make when it gets hot. I think everyone remembers to bring water when it is hot but they don't start drinking until they think they are thirsty. This is actually about 6 to 8 hours too late. If you plan to be out in the heat for most of the day, start drinking before you leave home. Right after you get up. Keep drinking water every 15 minutes or so. A couple of swallows will do if you keep it up. Some will turn to Gatorade. Might help at first but too much will upset some peoples stomachs. Drink water. Eat fruit. We are not running marathons, so we do really sweat it away. You want to drink enough to visit the bathroom about every hour to hour and a half. Drink plenty but not enough to fell bloated. It's hot, plan ahead and stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Sloe Posted June 21, 2016 Author Share Posted June 21, 2016 You want to drink enough to visit the bathroom about every hour to hour and a half. Heck, I'm getting old enough I do that anyway! BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 The temperature doesn't bother me as much as the humidity! Around these parts it can be 80 and so muggy you can hardly breath! I judge whether I'm going to a shoot on how humid it is. Sunday was in the 80's at our 3 day shoot and it was comfortable, humidity was down and there was a nice breeze. Saturday was miserable 90 and humid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StirrupTrouble Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Humidity is what gets me. Like was already stated, if it is gonna be hot and humid, I try to drink a bottle of water before I head to the range, and try to down another one before shooting when we are all visiting. After that I try to drink a bottle of water per stage. Makes me pee a lot, but it keeps me vertical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Too Tall Bob Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Heck, I'm getting old enough I do that anyway! And you keep telling me it was because your gun belt was too tight.......,., TTB BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Floyd Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Stirrup, good advise. Has worked for me while living in Phoenix, AZ for 45 years.. Still works here in NH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 65 with low humidity suits me just fine. Went to a shoot once that was over 90 both in temp and humidity. I won't do that again if'n that is the weather that is expected. Monthly match with a forecast of above 95 or so and I am thinking about something else to do, maybe still go, but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 When it gets that hot I take cold gatorade to the shoots. Works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grass Range #51406 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 6/20/2016- Temp 39, humidity 22 at 0600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafe Conager SASS #56958 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Y'all wimped out on me this weekend! Only 2 of us shot black powder only 1 of us finished! Not sure if that makes me tough or stupid but I had my coke so all was good! See you in August. Rafe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I take heat well it's the cold that bothers me. I actually start hydrating the day before the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The O'Meara Himself Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Many years ago I adopted a 45/90 rule. The temp had to be over 45 and under 90 or i'd pass on shooting. CAS is supposed to be fun, not a survival adventure. Years later I changed it to 50/85. N ow it's 55/85. (Note: 85 in Cheyenne is far more comfortable in than 85 in Minnesota.) When I was a kid in San Angelo TX I heard the adults say it was so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk. I decided to try that out. I took a fresh egg out of the ice box and out to the sidewalk and cracked it open on the sidewalk and I could not fry it. By the time I got to the sidewalk it was already hard boiled. The O'Meara Himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Hi Barry, If I've signed up for an annual, I tough it out. Not very well sometimes. At a monthly, if it was expected to hit 100 before noon, I might wimp out. However, now, at my home venue, we have shade or rain structures on every stage we use for monthlies. At the annual, they put up pop-ups on the only stage without a permanent structure. So, there is little to no reason to miss a match due to heat. Regards, Allie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 We used to backpack a lot and our mantra was "if you ain't having to pee a lot you aint drinking enough". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.Mf142da8d73d9404a11864da447c0e552o0&w=235&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0 I can't find the cartoon I saw down to Arizona, but here is another. The one I'm thinking of showed the skeleton of a cowboy reclining against a cactus, holding a guitar. On the cactus next to him sits the skeleton of a buzzard, eyeing the cowboy. Slogan, "But it's a dry heat!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 When I would come down to Arizona I could stand up to 105 and be OK. When it was over 105 it just didn't matter dry heat or not, it was just HOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 ...I actually start hydrating the day before the match. A very good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I take heat well it's the cold that bothers me. I actually start hydrating the day before the match. This reminds me of the time before I became allergic to Aleve (Ibuprophin, Aspirin...). I'd take it before and during the match. Now, I work through the pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastmaster Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 Cold isn't too bad, unless there is a breeze with it. with heat, start at the crack of dawn (earlier the better) if you can. I don't like shooting in rain,,,,cleaning guns afterwards is the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I shot up in Santa Margarita once (PRVC) several years back, at about 106 deg F. It had chilled down to 106 from 113 deg F .....don't remember all this real well exactly, but that's about right. I wuz in the pipe drinkin' water, takin' salt tabs, ate an aspirin, applied plenty of sun screen and skin lotion, had put on a nice 3 layers of cotton and wool, two wet scarfs, yadda, etc. Rifles and shotguns were hot; black powder weapons and empties were hot, hot, hot!! Match was stopped after 3 stages....'fraid we' d lose someone Cuttin' it short was okay though; that gave us plenty of time to drink water and other fluids, eat, visit, look at hardware, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castalia,SASS#18915 Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostVaquero Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Did Cowboy on Saturday with a nice 105 and three gun next day in 2 degrees warmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 those of us with diabetes don't handle the heat at all. That + old age and the fun-factor leaves rather quickly. Several of my pards will come and shoot a few stages and then take off before they are carried off. I might give that a try in August. July match is big 4th of July event and kinda, haveta be there cr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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