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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 304831" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>So you were talking match competition. That was the furthest thing from my mind. When I'm hunting, the environmental elements are my competition, and the wind has never been my friend - ballistically speaking. </p><p></p><p>The wind always wins if it gets knarly enough. I shot one brown bear in 70 mph cross-winds on Kodiak Island, with gusts exceeding 90 mph based on the wind meter mounted on a commercial fishing boat anchored back in a saltwater bay. The first shot missed, not because of bullet drift, but because of rifle drift. I was laying down, rifle rested on pack, and the wind gusts buffeted the rifle to the point that bullet drift was the least of my concerns. This wasn't long range - to avoid any ethics complaints. About 125 yds. It was tough enough to keep the rifle from being blown off the pack, let along draw a steady zero on the bear. Unfriendly conditions. </p><p></p><p>The bear was oblivious to the wind. He had a hard time reacting to the first missed shot because the background wind noises made it difficult to determine if there was any unusual noise, let alone the source of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 304831, member: 4191"] So you were talking match competition. That was the furthest thing from my mind. When I'm hunting, the environmental elements are my competition, and the wind has never been my friend - ballistically speaking. The wind always wins if it gets knarly enough. I shot one brown bear in 70 mph cross-winds on Kodiak Island, with gusts exceeding 90 mph based on the wind meter mounted on a commercial fishing boat anchored back in a saltwater bay. The first shot missed, not because of bullet drift, but because of rifle drift. I was laying down, rifle rested on pack, and the wind gusts buffeted the rifle to the point that bullet drift was the least of my concerns. This wasn't long range - to avoid any ethics complaints. About 125 yds. It was tough enough to keep the rifle from being blown off the pack, let along draw a steady zero on the bear. Unfriendly conditions. The bear was oblivious to the wind. He had a hard time reacting to the first missed shot because the background wind noises made it difficult to determine if there was any unusual noise, let alone the source of it. [/QUOTE]
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