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LR/ELR Wind SWAG: What Do You Use
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<blockquote data-quote="User4302021" data-source="post: 1757145" data-attributes="member: 105322"><p>Most people don't have a clue.</p><p></p><p>They take a guess (or use a kestrel) for the wind speed at the shooter's position, they have no idea how much to adjust for rounds flying into the laminar air flow, and they make little or no effort to adjust for direction to the line of fire.</p><p></p><p>Asking the question,"which part of the trajectory gets the most emphasis?", sets you up for failure before you start. If you want to make first round hits, then it all matters.</p><p></p><p>If you are shooting out close to 1,000 yards or beyond, you might have 3 different wind zones to account for. You figure each one seperately and add them together for a composite wind call. If the wind is cycling up and down, then you need to do these calculations for both the top and the bottom of the cycle to accurately bracket the wind.</p><p></p><p>If the wind is both cycling and switching ...good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="User4302021, post: 1757145, member: 105322"] Most people don't have a clue. They take a guess (or use a kestrel) for the wind speed at the shooter's position, they have no idea how much to adjust for rounds flying into the laminar air flow, and they make little or no effort to adjust for direction to the line of fire. Asking the question,"which part of the trajectory gets the most emphasis?", sets you up for failure before you start. If you want to make first round hits, then it all matters. If you are shooting out close to 1,000 yards or beyond, you might have 3 different wind zones to account for. You figure each one seperately and add them together for a composite wind call. If the wind is cycling up and down, then you need to do these calculations for both the top and the bottom of the cycle to accurately bracket the wind. If the wind is both cycling and switching ...good luck. [/QUOTE]
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