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An interesting experiment with wind...
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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 2898176" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>Actually, the math above is the portraying a better picture than reality. Suppose your rifle is 1/2 MOA at 1000 yards. You have only 2.5" of vital area "freeboard" before you risk a miss. So even if the wind only changes .25 mph during your TOF and you made a perfect wind call, those bullets hitting on the "wrong side" are going to miss the vitals. To calculate the odds precisely, you would need to consider the group dispersion as well. And to be fair, the wind change over 1 second is not likely to affect the bullet over its entire trajectory, but your odds of making a perfect wind call negate that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 2898176, member: 3230"] Actually, the math above is the portraying a better picture than reality. Suppose your rifle is 1/2 MOA at 1000 yards. You have only 2.5" of vital area "freeboard" before you risk a miss. So even if the wind only changes .25 mph during your TOF and you made a perfect wind call, those bullets hitting on the "wrong side" are going to miss the vitals. To calculate the odds precisely, you would need to consider the group dispersion as well. And to be fair, the wind change over 1 second is not likely to affect the bullet over its entire trajectory, but your odds of making a perfect wind call negate that. [/QUOTE]
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