Our worst winds seem to come along in the spring but there are no rules. We have had sustained winds where I live in excess of 90 mph. That's equivalent to a cat 1 hurricane. Not shooting weather.I did my flight training in Greeley. One day while my instructor and I were out in the practice area, a 70 mph chinook wind came up. It was straight down Greeley's east-west runway. But a Cessna 150 touches down at about 50. So that was interesting. Usually there's not that much wind in Colorado. But when it pipes up it's unpredictable and pretty intense.
Not sure of your exact location but if you are anywhere near Ft Lupton the Ft Lupton Muzzle Loader Club gives pretty good wind protection from the SW thru straight north. Good tree cover. It's in the Platte River bottom and is also bermed very high on three sides.Just watched another video in a treed area from back east, this time a guy shooting a Brown Bess and at the shot the smoke gently and leisurely just drifted away in a most relaxing manner. Ahh the peacefulness of it.
Thanks for the information. We're east of Colorado Springs. No wind protection here.Not sure of your exact location but if you are anywhere near Ft Lupton the Ft Lupton Muzzle Loader Club gives pretty good wind protection from the SW thru straight north. Good tree cover. It's in the Platte River bottom and is also bermed very high on three sides.
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There was plenty of history made in Colorado involving black powder firearms but by that time they were mostly cartridge guns, so off the table here...... I also envy the many historical events scattered all over the midwest to the east coast. Here in Colorado there aren't that many events going on. ....
Let's not overlook the rocky mountain fur trade Era. It went hot and heavy from the Louisiana Purchase and far beyond the artificial declaration of the end of that era in 1840. I'm pretty sure that muzzleloaders were very common on the Oregon trail as well as other routes west. The Buffalo hide hunting period took off after the CW and was conducted with muzzleloaders for a long time. Many of those "Buffalo gun cartridges were introduced late in the hide hunting period and some well after the Buffalo were nearly wiped out.There was plenty of history made in Colorado involving black powder firearms but by that time they were mostly cartridge guns, so off the table here.
Thanks for the information. We're east of Colorado Springs. No wind protection here.
Some probably misinterpret my posts but I think it's because I envy those conditions. I also envy the many historical events scattered all over the midwest to the east coast. Here in Colorado there aren't that many events going on. It's all about new age, hip stuff.
I've been shooting ML in CO for 50 years and the wind and other shooters have kicked my butt more times than I want to admit.The people who regularly shoot in windy conditions out west eventually get pretty good at it has been my experience. Us flat landers in the east go out west and get our butts handed to us in rifle matches.
That’s nothing more than a light breeze…Our worst winds seem to come along in the spring but there are no rules. We have had sustained winds where I live in excess of 90 mph. That's equivalent to a cat 1 hurricane. Not shooting weather.
Sounds eerily like the joke we tell here in Kansas about Oklahoma, and Nebraska...depending on the season, don't ya know.Yeah, it's a real problem and this spring and so far this summer has been especially bad. Seems like when I have opportunity to hit the range it's blowing. Having some luck by arriving just before sunrise but even that doesn't always work.
That's true but your load selection and sight in best be done in dead calm then you can work with the wind from that baseline.
Ooooooh, thats where most of our wind comes from! In Wyoming they like to say it's so windy cause Colorado sucks. Of course when texans complain about our Colorado wind guess what we tell em.
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