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Longerange Wind: Flags,Socks,Meters?
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<blockquote data-quote="daveosok" data-source="post: 3099"><p>Wind reading is an art.</p><p>You will actually need more than just one wind flag if your going to be shooting 1000 yards.</p><p>The path of the bullet will be changed by the first direction of wind that has the ability to move it.</p><p>That being said if you had a 5 mph crosswind from right to left your bullet would drift left, then at 600 you had a 11 mph wind at 3/4 wind direction going left to right pushing your bullet back towards the center of the target and then say it hit a 15 gust at 900 from a crosswind, this can place your bullet all over the map until it reaches impact point.</p><p>With only one flag its hard to tell when you need to pull the trigger. Many flags will give you an idea of the best time to shoot is when all the flags are consistantly showing one direction of strength of wind.</p><p>However, with some of these guys and their 200 gr and 300 gr big guns pushing them at 3000 fps of faster, wind is a lot less of an annoyance rather I would imagin mirage would be a big played then.</p><p>You must also take into account weather conditions too.</p><p>Like I said its an art, much time is needed at the range and knowing your particular gun you use is one of the keys to sucess.</p><p>Dave</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="daveosok, post: 3099"] Wind reading is an art. You will actually need more than just one wind flag if your going to be shooting 1000 yards. The path of the bullet will be changed by the first direction of wind that has the ability to move it. That being said if you had a 5 mph crosswind from right to left your bullet would drift left, then at 600 you had a 11 mph wind at 3/4 wind direction going left to right pushing your bullet back towards the center of the target and then say it hit a 15 gust at 900 from a crosswind, this can place your bullet all over the map until it reaches impact point. With only one flag its hard to tell when you need to pull the trigger. Many flags will give you an idea of the best time to shoot is when all the flags are consistantly showing one direction of strength of wind. However, with some of these guys and their 200 gr and 300 gr big guns pushing them at 3000 fps of faster, wind is a lot less of an annoyance rather I would imagin mirage would be a big played then. You must also take into account weather conditions too. Like I said its an art, much time is needed at the range and knowing your particular gun you use is one of the keys to sucess. Dave [/QUOTE]
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