IDPA Matches in the Snow?

[zeroflux]

So what is my best bet in the Mid-Atlantic region (VA, MD, WV, TN, KT) for an IDPA Match after snowfall at a range that is relatively accessible and won't cancel due to weather? This looks like lots of fun! I hear the ranges at Peacemaker are pretty difficult to get to when there is snow/ice especially without a 4x4?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RCjyjFGz2w

[PPGMD]

It makes it very hard to police the brass.

[Mr_White]

It makes it very hard to police the brass.

Tulammo FTW?

[cclaxton]

Arctic Blast 2015 https://youtu.be/E3oxHkPpRuM
Jan 15-16, 2016, Wilkes-Barre, PA
http://www.wbrp.net/Calendar/January2016.html
Registration will probably open in Nov.
Cody

[NEPAKevin]

It's a little south of the area you stated, but The Range (http://www.the-range.com/)in Oxford, NC runs year round, and in December, Frank usually has a weekend where there are three matches i.e day matches on Saturday and Sunday, and a night match on Saturday.

[Alpha Sierra]

Does not look like fun

[NEPAKevin]

Does not look like fun

We used to run a winter trophy match that folks seemed to enjoy. Discussion of the 2009 Frozen Penguin Match (http://forum.pafoa.org/showthread.php?t=43832&page=3) on a local shooting forum with links to videos and some pics.

[Peally]

We've got a little indoor league now for the winter months (all 11 of them). It's better than shooting in knee deep snow like I used to.

[cclaxton]

Does not look like fun
I was a Safety Officer working this match. On Saturday morning it was about 20 degrees. But I came prepared with a hand muff, heat pads, long underwear, coffee, etc. I kept my vehicle running and warmed up in between squads when possible. It was interesting to see how many people had equipment/lube issues at that temperature. It will definitely test your equipment. My CZ ran fine on Friday, with a wind chill of about 10. I used Zero Friction lube, and had no issues.

I will say it was challenging but like anything that pushes me past my comfort zone, I appreciate it after the fact. Now, I am happy I did it and will probably do it next year.
Cody

[gtmtnbiker98]

Does not look like fun
You've never shot any of our cold matches at CCFSA?

[Alpha Sierra]

You've never shot any of our cold matches at CCFSA?

Yes, that's how I know...........:)

[Malamute]

I saw a picture of what looked like a practical rifle shoot in the winter in Finland perhaps? The rifle in the pic was a Sako M92 or 95 in 5.56. I think it was on the old Valmet-weapons site. The type shoot seemed strangely intriguing. I believe they would go slogging (skiing?) about in the snow in full winter clothes/cold weather gear to various spread out shooting stations.

[Sal Picante]

I saw a picture of what looked like a practical rifle shoot in the winter in Finland perhaps? The rifle in the pic was a Sako M92 or 95 in 5.56. I think it was on the old Valmet-weapons site. The type shoot seemed strangely intriguing. I believe they would go slogging (skiing?) about in the snow in full winter clothes/cold weather gear to various spread out shooting stations.

Biathlon?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XIB7ydkplc

[Malamute]

Biathlon?




No, nothing that formal or structured, it was with service rifles, a practical field shoot. I think they were shooting at people silhouettes. Sako M92/95 in 5.56 I believe. I've tried finding the picture again but havent found it.

[Alpha Sierra]

No, nothing that formal or structured, it was with service rifles, a practical field shoot. I think they were shooting at people silhouettes. Sako M92/95 in 5.56 I believe. I've tried finding the picture again but havent found it.

That's where modern biathlon comes from

Same with pentathlon (riding, running, swimming, fencing, pistol shooting)

[Malamute]

That's where modern biathlon comes from

Same with pentathlon (riding, running, swimming, fencing, pistol shooting)

Yes, I understand, but they use specialized target rifles for biathlon.

[TactiKahuna]

Annapolis runs year-round, but you would be surprised how muddy the bays get even when it's pretty cold with snow on the ground. Just the tramping around can turn it to soup. A lot of times they'll run, but modify it to a "steel IDPA" outlaw match so people don't have to run back and forth pasting.

You're correct about PNTC, that steep hill is pretty wiped out in snow. They also have an issue when it's really cold with the gravel berms freezing so hard they ricochet.

[ACP230]

I've heard about winter M1 Garand matches in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
Possibly in Port Huron or on the Western side somewhere.

Used to shoot a winter/early spring pistol match some years ago. Done in a club parking lot with the whole
winter's piled up snow for a backstop. It wasn't too bad since I didn't attend when it was real cold, or
blizzarding.

Now, after deer season, I usually just go into hibernation till Spring.

[PumpGunGuy]

We have a USPSA match every New Years Day in Hampden, Maine, ' The Frozen Chosen'. A few years ago it was -20F, with wind gusts to ~40 mph. You just come back for brass in the spring, because it freezes into the ice shortly after landing.

There isn't much else to do here.