My only comments on the matter are two:

1. I was born and raised in heaven-help-us Iowa... we got all the cold weather Minnesota didn't get. I've been living out here in Las Vegas the past decade, and before that, a three year period in other hot climes, right up til the month I and the x got separated, and damn near froze my parts then. Simply put, I will have a hard time with cold, and will endure it, if for no other reason that to spite the Old Man with the Scythe as much as I can.

2. For a .243 winmag I would recommend a 100 grain slug.

Kesephist, sweating the next three weeks, and not from the heat