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<blockquote data-quote="Wyofax" data-source="post: 997939" data-attributes="member: 65924"><p>This is great dialogue. So a little more info as you all are asking great questions. I did not check parallax since I was not behind the gun, but I should have. I did turn on spin drift and coriolis so I think that was accounted for. </p><p></p><p>I did my best to read mirage and it appeared to be laying almost flat, but that is a difficult thing to master.</p><p></p><p>Our shot was across a creek bottom but even more distance was traveled down the creek than across and the hill he was laying under wasn't very high. I didn't feel like there was much opportunity for wind lift in this situation but it was a possibility. </p><p></p><p>Funny that it was mentioned about range accuracy because I messed that up last time out so it was front of mind on this one. Fortunately he was bedded in a sage pocket and I ranged it about 5 times bouncing it a little high and a little low a couple times to make sure I was right on. When I went high I got a 979 reading and 969 when I targeted a little low, so I was very comfortable with the 972. </p><p></p><p>I was very happy with the wind read. On Shooter I used the arrow for direction selection and my wind meter for the speed. I was getting a typical variable reading between 5 and 9 mph at 217 degrees based on the target at 180. With the first shot a miss, the windage read was spot on, so I had him maintain the same 2.5 MOA hold. With that somewhat variable wind I selected the highest read since I assume there is more wind aloft than at my ground level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wyofax, post: 997939, member: 65924"] This is great dialogue. So a little more info as you all are asking great questions. I did not check parallax since I was not behind the gun, but I should have. I did turn on spin drift and coriolis so I think that was accounted for. I did my best to read mirage and it appeared to be laying almost flat, but that is a difficult thing to master. Our shot was across a creek bottom but even more distance was traveled down the creek than across and the hill he was laying under wasn't very high. I didn't feel like there was much opportunity for wind lift in this situation but it was a possibility. Funny that it was mentioned about range accuracy because I messed that up last time out so it was front of mind on this one. Fortunately he was bedded in a sage pocket and I ranged it about 5 times bouncing it a little high and a little low a couple times to make sure I was right on. When I went high I got a 979 reading and 969 when I targeted a little low, so I was very comfortable with the 972. I was very happy with the wind read. On Shooter I used the arrow for direction selection and my wind meter for the speed. I was getting a typical variable reading between 5 and 9 mph at 217 degrees based on the target at 180. With the first shot a miss, the windage read was spot on, so I had him maintain the same 2.5 MOA hold. With that somewhat variable wind I selected the highest read since I assume there is more wind aloft than at my ground level. [/QUOTE]
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