I shoot out of my shop quite a bit of the time off a shooting bench. Other day the tempture was in the mid 20's so I turned on my propane unit heater hanging from the ceiling about 30 ft behind me and blows warm air right on my bench mighty, comfy. When I looked throu my scope the heat waves made it impossible. I've looked across a hot desert on a 100 deg day, but this was like that on steroids. Made it impossable to shoot. Another lesson. At least this one was FREE!
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I remember way back when, having a similar issue at a gun club which had indoor heated shooting positions. The club house sustained enough weather damage over the years, they tore it down and built a new one. Rather than using a heater as you describe, they installed radiant floor heat.
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The difference in temperature is what makes waves. Over snow or water or land. Big temp difference means lots of waves.
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Now that the weather has significantly dropped here in the PNW I've noticed this when shooting out of my window.
If I shoot at 8x and under, I don't notice it AT ALL. However when I go anything over 8x I notice it. Also, the closer the target, the less the target moves, but my 95yd target "vibrates" so bad that if I didn't know where it was and what holdover , I'd miss every shot.
If I shoot at 8x and under, I don't notice it AT ALL. However when I go anything over 8x I notice it. Also, the closer the target, the less the target moves, but my 95yd target "vibrates" so bad that if I didn't know where it was and what holdover , I'd miss every shot.
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