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<blockquote data-quote="Timber338" data-source="post: 973806" data-attributes="member: 33822"><p>I had a cool conversation with an Army Ranger Sniper a couple weeks ago, and this guy was good. He reads mirage to dope the wind, and said when the mirage is angled in the scope at about 45 degrees, you've got a 3-5 mph crosswind. When the angle increases up to 60 degrees, you're about 10 mph.</p><p></p><p>Now, I took this with a grain of salt, as everybody is going to have to calibrate their own eyes to mirage angle and mph crosswind... so my takeaway was to get out and practice shooting in the wind more. Without the practice nobody is going to be good at shooting in the wind on a long shot. Luckily a standard Colorado afternoon provides plenty of wind. </p><p></p><p>bigngreen, this Sniper also echoed exactly what you said about an elk not having a clue where you're coming from on a long shot. he said find a rock near the elk, dope your best guess at wind/drop, shoot at the rock and see where it lands in your scope... "then put that spot on the elk and kill it" were his exact words. Similar to talking to Shawn Carlock and Broz, it's a pretty rare and valuable conversation to have with a guy who has so much experience shooting long range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timber338, post: 973806, member: 33822"] I had a cool conversation with an Army Ranger Sniper a couple weeks ago, and this guy was good. He reads mirage to dope the wind, and said when the mirage is angled in the scope at about 45 degrees, you've got a 3-5 mph crosswind. When the angle increases up to 60 degrees, you're about 10 mph. Now, I took this with a grain of salt, as everybody is going to have to calibrate their own eyes to mirage angle and mph crosswind... so my takeaway was to get out and practice shooting in the wind more. Without the practice nobody is going to be good at shooting in the wind on a long shot. Luckily a standard Colorado afternoon provides plenty of wind. bigngreen, this Sniper also echoed exactly what you said about an elk not having a clue where you're coming from on a long shot. he said find a rock near the elk, dope your best guess at wind/drop, shoot at the rock and see where it lands in your scope... "then put that spot on the elk and kill it" were his exact words. Similar to talking to Shawn Carlock and Broz, it's a pretty rare and valuable conversation to have with a guy who has so much experience shooting long range. [/QUOTE]
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