Precipitation

Light to moderate rain improves shooting conditions for three reasons: clouds, rain reduce or negate the effect of the mirage. Rain can be a pretty good indicator of wind, rain helps you defeat your opponents by forcing them to stop fighting and give up. Snow during competition is unusual and does not appear to affect shooting conditions (except that the shooters are cold). Snow and rain or hail usually leads to cancellation or postponement of the competition (as well as in heavy rain, significantly impairing visibility). But light to moderate rain has little or no effect on shooting results, except that it can make the shooter feel a little uncomfortable.

 Appropriate clothing can help reduce or eliminate these inconveniences when it rains. A poncho (cape) * or some kind of raincoat and hat with brims to protect the eyes from the rain will help to stay relatively dry. In conditions of high humidity, fog filters mounted on a telescope and shooting glasses are very useful. Due to all this, and most importantly, due to his patience and perseverance, the shooter can show a good result, despite the bad weather. These qualities will be doubly valuable when other shooters begin to rush to finish the competition and take cover in a dry place, or they begin to be irritated by dampness or something else that interferes with shooting. If you continue to fight in these conditions, your chances of winning increase, since the number of real opponents falls and only those few remain who, like you, still continue to act at the limit of their capabilities.

 In bad weather, special care must be taken to ensure that no rain drops fall on the equipment, rendering it unusable or impairing proper functioning. It is necessary to immediately cover the boxes with cartridges and fix the visors made of plastic Kli film over the front sight or the lenses of telescopic sights with rubber bands so that moisture does not get on them. Sights and other parts of the rifle, especially the vulnerable end of the forend of the stock, must be protected with the same pieces of film secured with rubber bands. It is necessary to pay special attention to protecting the stock and rifle butt from moisture absorption, swelling and warping, since this almost always leads to a loss of combat accuracy, which must remain unchanged. The shooting box must be kept closed and all cartridges must be absolutely dry. For these purposes, again, film is perfect, a large supply of which will always be useful to the shooter. With all of the above, you can look at rain as your friend and ally.