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How much wind does it take?
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<blockquote data-quote="dsculley" data-source="post: 1415575" data-attributes="member: 77514"><p>86alaskan, to answer your question any wind that your bullet travels through will affect where the bullet impacts. To paraphrase someone else "If it weren't for the wind anyone could be a marksman!". The only way to get good at shooting in the wind is to, well, shoot in the wind. Get a notebook, take good notes about your wind estimate, take a swag and shoot. Hit or miss? Record it. If necessary, make adjustments and shoot again. Follow up shots need to happen quickly though, or the conditions (wind) may change. Sounds like you are on private land so no reason you can't put wind indicators along your range for a good visual of what the wind is doing. Learn to read the wind without flags and ribbons, then use them to verify what you see in leaves, grass, mirage, etc. By the way, shooting in a nice rain shower or snow fall is a really good time to learn how to read the wind. As long as you can see the target you can hit it and the rain/snow will show you exactly what the rain is doing all the way to the target. </p><p></p><p>FWIW</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dsculley, post: 1415575, member: 77514"] 86alaskan, to answer your question any wind that your bullet travels through will affect where the bullet impacts. To paraphrase someone else "If it weren't for the wind anyone could be a marksman!". The only way to get good at shooting in the wind is to, well, shoot in the wind. Get a notebook, take good notes about your wind estimate, take a swag and shoot. Hit or miss? Record it. If necessary, make adjustments and shoot again. Follow up shots need to happen quickly though, or the conditions (wind) may change. Sounds like you are on private land so no reason you can't put wind indicators along your range for a good visual of what the wind is doing. Learn to read the wind without flags and ribbons, then use them to verify what you see in leaves, grass, mirage, etc. By the way, shooting in a nice rain shower or snow fall is a really good time to learn how to read the wind. As long as you can see the target you can hit it and the rain/snow will show you exactly what the rain is doing all the way to the target. FWIW [/QUOTE]
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