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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 102073" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>The best long range competitive rifle shooters use their spotting scope focused to see the mirage (heat waves) wrinkling across the field of view. By focusing the scope about 2/3rds the target distance, the wrinkles moving across are an exact image of what the wind is doing.</p><p></p><p>There are zillions of videos and printed words on the market that try to teach folks how to "read the wind." None of them work well.</p><p></p><p>The best way to learn how to do this is to have a very good shot ready to shoot at a 600 to 1000 yard target on a rifle range, then you look through your spotting scope, read the mirage then estimate how much windage correction is needed. You get excellent feedback when the target's spotted on both on how well you estimated the correction as well as how well the shooter performed. As the cross wind speed changes you'll get to change the amount of correction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 102073, member: 5302"] The best long range competitive rifle shooters use their spotting scope focused to see the mirage (heat waves) wrinkling across the field of view. By focusing the scope about 2/3rds the target distance, the wrinkles moving across are an exact image of what the wind is doing. There are zillions of videos and printed words on the market that try to teach folks how to "read the wind." None of them work well. The best way to learn how to do this is to have a very good shot ready to shoot at a 600 to 1000 yard target on a rifle range, then you look through your spotting scope, read the mirage then estimate how much windage correction is needed. You get excellent feedback when the target's spotted on both on how well you estimated the correction as well as how well the shooter performed. As the cross wind speed changes you'll get to change the amount of correction. [/QUOTE]
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