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Mirage - how to adjust for it?
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<blockquote data-quote="royinidaho" data-source="post: 310096" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>tlk,</p><p></p><p>If mirage was raging at 10X it was really raging.</p><p></p><p>Here's something to do. Make your POI dot at least 0.5" to be more visible more of the time.</p><p></p><p>On a heavy mirage day, set the rifle in a solid set up so that the reticle is perfectly centered on the dot, with no human intervention (don't touch the rifle in any way.</p><p></p><p>The sneak up on the scope and watch the dot do the dance thing.</p><p></p><p>Mirage will be either drifting left or right or boiling straight up. The word on the street is to never shot when its boiling.</p><p></p><p>Watch it over a period of time and you may see that one conditions occurs more than others. This is the condition that you want to shoot under.</p><p></p><p>The next experiment would be to set up the target and shoot a shot or two just after day light. Then a shot or two at the same target every 30 minutes until about 10 AM. If it's a heavy mirage day your results will be interesting.</p><p></p><p>THe long and short of it is that once you learn how to read mirage, it will be come your friend instead of your enemy.</p><p></p><p>I think Boss Hoss is the one that says that from time to time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="royinidaho, post: 310096, member: 2011"] tlk, If mirage was raging at 10X it was really raging. Here's something to do. Make your POI dot at least 0.5" to be more visible more of the time. On a heavy mirage day, set the rifle in a solid set up so that the reticle is perfectly centered on the dot, with no human intervention (don't touch the rifle in any way. The sneak up on the scope and watch the dot do the dance thing. Mirage will be either drifting left or right or boiling straight up. The word on the street is to never shot when its boiling. Watch it over a period of time and you may see that one conditions occurs more than others. This is the condition that you want to shoot under. The next experiment would be to set up the target and shoot a shot or two just after day light. Then a shot or two at the same target every 30 minutes until about 10 AM. If it's a heavy mirage day your results will be interesting. THe long and short of it is that once you learn how to read mirage, it will be come your friend instead of your enemy. I think Boss Hoss is the one that says that from time to time. [/QUOTE]
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