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<blockquote data-quote="Petey308" data-source="post: 2898354" data-attributes="member: 106845"><p>And this just better illustrates how wind is definitely not a constant. It's a changing variable. </p><p></p><p>For instance, the notion that BC doesn't account for wind drift is false. The reality is ever-changing amounts of wind for the duration of the bullet's flight affects actual drift and POI. </p><p></p><p>If you have the firing solution calculated correctly, and thus the ToF calculated correctly, with a fully accurate wind reading for the duration of that time of flight, the POI should be as expected. THAT'S the hard part though. It's darn near impossible to get a fully accurate wind measurement for the duration of the bullet's flight. That's why we see things on target that don't reflect to our firing solution. We can only be as accurate as our inputs- that includes ballistic calculations, as well as quality and consistency of our ammo, rifle, and the shooter input and influence to the rifle upon firing it. All of those things affect POI. </p><p></p><p>For the long range hunter, we need to understand these things and understand if we're going to shoot at animals far away, we need a bullet that produces wide wounding and is forgiving to point of impact errors (shot placement errors). The likelihood of being off a bit due to a miscalculated wind hold, for example, is high. We can compensate for that by picking the best bullet for the job. We can compensate for that as well by practicing and training a lot and developing really good skills at reading the wind. We also need to know our own true limits and stay within them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Petey308, post: 2898354, member: 106845"] And this just better illustrates how wind is definitely not a constant. It’s a changing variable. For instance, the notion that BC doesn’t account for wind drift is false. The reality is ever-changing amounts of wind for the duration of the bullet’s flight affects actual drift and POI. If you have the firing solution calculated correctly, and thus the ToF calculated correctly, with a fully accurate wind reading for the duration of that time of flight, the POI should be as expected. THAT’S the hard part though. It’s darn near impossible to get a fully accurate wind measurement for the duration of the bullet’s flight. That's why we see things on target that don't reflect to our firing solution. We can only be as accurate as our inputs- that includes ballistic calculations, as well as quality and consistency of our ammo, rifle, and the shooter input and influence to the rifle upon firing it. All of those things affect POI. For the long range hunter, we need to understand these things and understand if we’re going to shoot at animals far away, we need a bullet that produces wide wounding and is forgiving to point of impact errors (shot placement errors). The likelihood of being off a bit due to a miscalculated wind hold, for example, is high. We can compensate for that by picking the best bullet for the job. We can compensate for that as well by practicing and training a lot and developing really good skills at reading the wind. We also need to know our own true limits and stay within them. [/QUOTE]
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