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Range Report: shooting vs snow blowing

Post by Sir Henry » Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:14 am

I made one pass with my new snow blower and after one pass I decided to shoot. It’s currently 1F up from 0F. At least there is little wind except when the blower is going and then you notice even the slightest. Especially when it blows it back in your face.

My aiming the rifle was better than my aiming the blower and I didn’t get any richochets back.
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I was shooting at the traps back at 50 yards.
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Re: Range Report: shooting vs snow blowing

Post by daytime dave » Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:42 am

I'm glad you didn't get any ricochets back either. Snow in the face is a lot easier on you.
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Re: Range Report: shooting vs snow blowing

Post by Hatchdog » Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:58 am

Brrrrrrr cold but at least that cold dry snow will blow really well.

I agree, running that rifle looks like much more fun that running that snowblower.
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Re: Range Report: shooting vs snow blowing

Post by North Country Gal » Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:44 am

That snowstorm had a sharp boundary, so we only got about half an inch, but the northwest part of our county got hit hard. Hope to do a little shooting, once the wind lets up or at least changes direction. We have an opening in our woods that points due north that gives us a view of the lake, but that also means a strong north wind puts my outdoor shooting on hold.
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Re: Range Report: shooting vs snow blowing

Post by Sir Henry » Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:28 pm

I finished the snow blowing of the garage apron and driveway. It takes more manhandling than I expected.

After that was done I napped and warmed up for and hour and then went back out to plink. I’ll most likely spend the rest of the daylight hours shooting for 15 minutes and warming up for 15 just repeats it

Plink, plank, plink.
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Re: Range Report: shooting vs snow blowing

Post by DsGrouse » Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:18 pm

that's a fun looking range!
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Re: Range Report: shooting vs snow blowing

Post by RanchRoper » Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:45 pm

I spent all afternoon clearing snow, we have a couple of feet of it now.
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Re: Range Report: shooting vs snow blowing

Post by Sir Henry » Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:19 pm

RanchRoper wrote:
Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:45 pm
I spent all afternoon clearing snow, we have a couple of feet of it now.
We only have about six inches on the level. Drifts are a foot deep.
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Re: Range Report: shooting vs snow blowing

Post by dave77 » Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:39 pm

Sir Henry wrote:
Thu Dec 01, 2022 4:28 pm
I finished the snow blowing of the garage apron and driveway. It takes more manhandling than I expected.

After that was done I napped and warmed up for and hour and then went back out to plink. I’ll most likely spend the rest of the daylight hours shooting for 15 minutes and warming up for 15 just repeats it

Plink, plank, plink.
I had a Honda track drive snowblower at work for several years and while it would really move the snow it did require quite a bit of effort to maneuver. I see that some of the newer fancier snowblowers will steer by independently braking one side or the other but with the one I had if you needed to turn you had to muscle it around. It would also really cut through packed/plowed snow but you had to keep some upward pressure on it to get it down to bare pavement, if you let up it would start to ride up on the snow.
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Re: Range Report: shooting vs snow blowing

Post by fortyshooter » Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:57 pm

Wow that is a bunch of snow! Maybe build a snow fort/wall with shooting holes spaced around to plink from !
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