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ballistic meter, which one?
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<blockquote data-quote="misterc01" data-source="post: 1825189" data-attributes="member: 109160"><p>I have an older Kestrel and it is great for getting weather info where I am standing. I use it to input into ballistic apps on my smartphone and that gets me primarily my elevation data. However, it is not going to do anything about the wind or reading it for you where you are NOT standing - meaning down range. In areas I know I am going to shoot in, I have walked the area, taking readings, and that gets me a general idea of the winds and how they shift as I move across or down range, but when actually shooting, I have to use other indicators - grass, trees, branches, etc to guesstimate what the wind is doing between the end of the barrel and the target I am trying to hit on that particular and conditions. A former military sniper told me, the best way to learn to read the wind is to go a out and watch the wind, for hours, to see what winds speeds are at different ranges and how to read the surrounding indicators to refine it. Even a spotting or my rifle scope looking at the mirage helps quite a bit. Yeah - I would love to have a Kestrel 5700 elite, but I IMHO right now that would be overkill for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="misterc01, post: 1825189, member: 109160"] I have an older Kestrel and it is great for getting weather info where I am standing. I use it to input into ballistic apps on my smartphone and that gets me primarily my elevation data. However, it is not going to do anything about the wind or reading it for you where you are NOT standing - meaning down range. In areas I know I am going to shoot in, I have walked the area, taking readings, and that gets me a general idea of the winds and how they shift as I move across or down range, but when actually shooting, I have to use other indicators - grass, trees, branches, etc to guesstimate what the wind is doing between the end of the barrel and the target I am trying to hit on that particular and conditions. A former military sniper told me, the best way to learn to read the wind is to go a out and watch the wind, for hours, to see what winds speeds are at different ranges and how to read the surrounding indicators to refine it. Even a spotting or my rifle scope looking at the mirage helps quite a bit. Yeah - I would love to have a Kestrel 5700 elite, but I IMHO right now that would be overkill for me. [/QUOTE]
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