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Shooting in the Rain?
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<blockquote data-quote="LB" data-source="post: 87205" data-attributes="member: 2721"><p>This is all fine, but if barometric pressure can cause a bullet to strike high....and it does, when I travel from coastal California to Colorado, and I have to rezero, then I don't really see why the denser air from 100% humidity (dewpoint) would not affect the performance of a bullet as it does to aircraft?</p><p></p><p>I have done a little shooting in the rain and managed to hit what I was aiming at but accurate work under field conditions makes the shot a little less of a sure thing, all due to the visibility factor, if nothing else.</p><p></p><p>And, I'd like to know if these 1000 yard matches, where shooting in the rain doesn't make any difference; are covered and protect the shooter and his scope? Probably yes? The times I have shot in the rain, (me, rifle and target) contrary to what I am reading here, I think I was at a disadvantage. Should the above calculations convince me that it was all in my head, or what? The consensus seems to be: "no problem".</p><p></p><p>Good hunting. LB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LB, post: 87205, member: 2721"] This is all fine, but if barometric pressure can cause a bullet to strike high....and it does, when I travel from coastal California to Colorado, and I have to rezero, then I don't really see why the denser air from 100% humidity (dewpoint) would not affect the performance of a bullet as it does to aircraft? I have done a little shooting in the rain and managed to hit what I was aiming at but accurate work under field conditions makes the shot a little less of a sure thing, all due to the visibility factor, if nothing else. And, I'd like to know if these 1000 yard matches, where shooting in the rain doesn't make any difference; are covered and protect the shooter and his scope? Probably yes? The times I have shot in the rain, (me, rifle and target) contrary to what I am reading here, I think I was at a disadvantage. Should the above calculations convince me that it was all in my head, or what? The consensus seems to be: "no problem". Good hunting. LB [/QUOTE]
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