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<blockquote data-quote="Red Sparky" data-source="post: 898818" data-attributes="member: 37223"><p>Here is what I do to think of wind deflection. First I think of wind like water in a stream. Look at the surrounding terrain to figure where you would find eddies, ripples, slack, strong current, etc. that would be in line of your bullet. You should have time to read vegetation, mirage, rain, snow, birds flying in the air, blowing dirt or anything else to help you figure out what the winds are doing. </p><p></p><p>Now where is the wind that will effect your bullet the longest. If the wind will effect your bullet for 500 yards from the left and then change from the right for the last 250 use the 500 yard wind. You say the correct adjustment would be 8.5 MOA? So if the other wind is 180 degrees of the first wind you may only need 7 MOA. I don't feel like doing trigonometry tonight to figure out the difference of two vectors. </p><p></p><p>But what I am trying to say is the wind from the left will effect your bullet for 2/3 of the time and if the wind is the same force from the right for the last 1/3 you will hit left if you use the 8.5 MOA for the whole distance.</p><p></p><p>Now the wind may only be blowing from the left for 250 yards and then from the right for the last 500. So if you hold the 8.5 MOA left you will hit far left from the wind from the right for 500 yards. </p><p></p><p>Try to figure it out the best you can and take a test shot like stated in other post.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Red Sparky, post: 898818, member: 37223"] Here is what I do to think of wind deflection. First I think of wind like water in a stream. Look at the surrounding terrain to figure where you would find eddies, ripples, slack, strong current, etc. that would be in line of your bullet. You should have time to read vegetation, mirage, rain, snow, birds flying in the air, blowing dirt or anything else to help you figure out what the winds are doing. Now where is the wind that will effect your bullet the longest. If the wind will effect your bullet for 500 yards from the left and then change from the right for the last 250 use the 500 yard wind. You say the correct adjustment would be 8.5 MOA? So if the other wind is 180 degrees of the first wind you may only need 7 MOA. I don't feel like doing trigonometry tonight to figure out the difference of two vectors. But what I am trying to say is the wind from the left will effect your bullet for 2/3 of the time and if the wind is the same force from the right for the last 1/3 you will hit left if you use the 8.5 MOA for the whole distance. Now the wind may only be blowing from the left for 250 yards and then from the right for the last 500. So if you hold the 8.5 MOA left you will hit far left from the wind from the right for 500 yards. Try to figure it out the best you can and take a test shot like stated in other post. [/QUOTE]
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