Some winter shooting

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Some winter shooting

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I've barely shot all winter because I didn't feel like laying in the snow. Anyone have experience shooting from a truck bed? I considered giving that a try.

I'm starting to get backlogged with rifles I want to test out and see how I like them. This particular one is a hex 32 Izhevsk that I've never cared for. It was a handpick from AIM, I usually have good luck with AIM hand picks but not so much with this one. So my plan was to see how it shoots to make sure it's not something I really like shooting and then thinning it from the herd. The ammo I used was 50's Russian surplus.

My driveway was plowed so I used the snowbank as a rest. I usually shoot from 50 yards, the snowbank pushed me out to at least 60, maybe 70 at the most.

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Here's groups of 5 in order. I made the final adjustment with the elby tool after #3 and then put 20 into the top circle without much rest. I'm pretty pleased with these results so for the time being it stays...

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The old girl didn't do too badly in her 82nd Winter, did she? :)

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Sweet. That is a lot of snow though.
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you got a silencer on that thing! lol Good shooting there!!
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Now that looks like some serious fun! 8-) :thumbsup:
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One good thing about shooting in the snow......no skeeters.. :thumbsup: :D
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Nice thing about shooting in the snow is heavy clothing prevents "Mosin Shoulder".
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I agree with both of you! Heavy clothes helps keep you able to shoot more rounds before you get tired, and no mosquitoes to annoy the crap out of you!

I usually don't have this problem as I cut the grass at my range, but in the snow it's easier to find the empty casings... well it usually is because I run my snowmobiles up and down the range as part of one of my trails, which packs the snow nicely, keeping the casings on top. :vcool:

Any way, good shooting!
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I keep a path mowed in the summer, I still lose a fair amount of casings in the grass. I was wearing a gortex liner under a carhart, way more comfortable than shooting with a t shirt on.
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Before rust killed it I had a Dodge Ramcharger, I would back up onto the range , pop the hatch, and fire from over the rear seat with the engine running and the heat on full. :)
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I did find out one time a negative thing about me using Windex to chase the bad stuff. A wet patch stuck and froze in the bore with Windex on it. It took three of us and a lot of muscle to get it out of there. That was the worst I ever had it when shooting in the snow. Even the Kroil oil was slow in moving! I had on a couple of layers and my old Air Force severe weather gear I got at Thule, Greenland and man was I ever cold! Bill :o
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Awesome, I wish I had a property like that. All my shooting spots are currently under a few feet of snow that you could maybe reach on a snowmobile.
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zeebill wrote:I did find out one time a negative thing about me using Windex to chase the bad stuff. A wet patch stuck and froze in the bore with Windex on it. It took three of us and a lot of muscle to get it out of there. That was the worst I ever had it when shooting in the snow. Even the Kroil oil was slow in moving! I had on a couple of layers and my old Air Force severe weather gear I got at Thule, Greenland and man was I ever cold! Bill :o
You could probably wait until you got inside for the Windex! :wink: I run my Mosins dry in cold below zero. Had to remove the oil from FrankenTula™ for deer hunting this year, that's how cold it was even back in Nov.! :shock: I used powdered graphite, and very little of it, instead, in the reciever bolt raceway, and on the trigger/sear contact area.

Your driveway berm is kinda short there, bocephus; where are you at, Florida or something?
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I'm in SE Michigan, any further north this year I would have had to stand up to shoot over it.
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If I could shoot from the berm between my sidewalk and the street, I'd need one of those WWI contraptions they used to fire a rifle without having to poke their head up. :wink:

At the in-law's farm, I'd have to "take the hill" before I could shoot over their driveway berm. :lol:

I'm in NW WI, almost on the MN border.
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Nice :vcool: :vcool: :vcool:
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I like the video and I can't believe how quiet the gun sounds. Good shooting in the cold weather!
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Whenever I make a video with my cell phone it sounds pretty quiet, I don't know why.

Just looked at a couple others I have. They're a little louder but still on the quiet side. My phone was close to the ground, maybe the sound went up and out over the snow bank?



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