One of those days for a week or more !!!

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Got up early loaded my guns, bottle range box and chronograph into the car... Didn't bother checking the weather.. I have permission to shoot on a small dairy farm about a block away...
When I arrived I walked out to set my bench and reality hit or should I say weather 50mph winds coming right in face !!! Now I come home and check my weather.. Lowest wind and for the next week 20mph and gust to 50mph !!! Maybe I will get a chance The 28th !! Oh well, I guess some chrony work in the shed..
They say here in Illinois, we can wear a parka and shorts on the same day !! Windy city, more like windy STATE !!
 
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Got up early loaded my guns, bottle range box and chronograph into the car... Didn't bother checking the weather.. I have permission to shoot on a small dairy farm about a block away...
When I arrived I walked out to set my bench and reality hit or should I say weather 50mph winds coming right in face !!! Now I come home and check my weather.. Lowest wind and for the next week 20mph and gust to 50mph !!! Maybe I will get a chance The 28th !! Oh well, I guess some chrony work in the shed..
They say here in Illinois, we can wear a parka and shorts on the same day !! Windy city, more like winy STATE !!
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The WIND in the city is all politics . But yeah, i lived in Oak Park IL for 40 years , extremely happy to be out of the WIND .
 
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cosmic said:
Got up early loaded my guns, bottle range box and chronograph into the car... Didn't bother checking the weather.. I have permission to shoot on a small dairy farm about a block away...
When I arrived I walked out to set my bench and reality hit or should I say weather 50mph winds coming right in face !!! Now I come home and check my weather.. Lowest wind and for the next week 20mph and gust to 50mph !!! Maybe I will get a chance The 28th !! Oh well, I guess some chrony work in the shed..
They say here in Illinois, we can wear a parka and shorts on the same day !! Windy city, more like winy STATE !!
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IF allowed shoot in the yard now! On a Dairy farm If shooting off the metal barn roof or such, nope. But if say starlings at the feed trough even a honest 50mph (20mph sure would be better and very do able) if Straight on the face or straight behind, pretty easy doping there.
Practicing every windy day with a "12fpe" .177 from any rest I could hold (3 repeated groups) on 1-3/4" at 110 yards (which wont always penetrate card board, 50 yards would be max starling range) with measured 24mph+ swirling winds.
Take practice advantage of the "last legal doping in sports" wind while you have it. Good clean fun that WILL improve your shooting on any given day. Yup.
John
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Went to plink for an hour or 2 today. All I knew was the sun was shining & I was going to take advantage of it. Down on the lower part of the permission I have the wind was constant, around 20mph, gusts to 30, hitting me from 5 o'clock direction. I just smiled, pulled the trigger & made adjustments. No stinking "breeze" is gonna stop me 🤪. Used my 50gr pellets out of my Boss instead of the normal 44.75gr. Amazing how 5.40gr of more weight will cut through the wind.
 
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cosmic said:
Got up early loaded my guns, bottle range box and chronograph into the car... Didn't bother checking the weather.. I have permission to shoot on a small dairy farm about a block away...
When I arrived I walked out to set my bench and reality hit or should I say weather 50mph winds coming right in face !!! Now I come home and check my weather.. Lowest wind and for the next week 20mph and gust to 50mph !!! Maybe I will get a chance The 28th !! Oh well, I guess some chrony work in the shed..
They say here in Illinois, we can wear a parka and shorts on the same day !! Windy city, more like windy STATE !!
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Crazy weather for sure. Sitting in Chicago Heights right now. Was nearly 70 degrees when I started my trip tonight. 38 degrees now and going colder below freezing in a few hours with snow. Wind is bad. Crazy….
 
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cosmic said:
Got up early loaded my guns, bottle range box and chronograph into the car... Didn't bother checking the weather.. I have permission to shoot on a small dairy farm about a block away...
When I arrived I walked out to set my bench and reality hit or should I say weather 50mph winds coming right in face !!! Now I come home and check my weather.. Lowest wind and for the next week 20mph and gust to 50mph !!! Maybe I will get a chance The 28th !! Oh well, I guess some chrony work in the shed..
They say here in Illinois, we can wear a parka and shorts on the same day !! Windy city, more like windy STATE !!
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I think everywhere east of the Rockies has been windy or bad weather for the last couple of weeks, at least here in E. Texas
 
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