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<blockquote data-quote="shootinfool" data-source="post: 796019" data-attributes="member: 9140"><p>Like what has been said in posts before me, it is the wind at station that matters the most. If you think about it logically, it makes sence. If you shoot and immediately your bullet is pushed 2 degrees off, when it gets to 1000 yards, how many degrees off is it now? The same principal is applied to the second half, if at 500 yards your bullet is pushed off of its trajectory 2 degrees, it is now only half of what being pushed off 2 degrees at 1000 yards. I dont have my calculator right here but it is as simple as this, if you are perfectly on at station, you will be that much closer to making a first round hit down range, what ever the yardage may be. Sure your bullet may get pushed in different directions at different points and such but my point being just the same as getting good data out of a ballistic calculator, if you have good input at first, your will get good output later. I think that a wind meter at station is a very valuable tool, infact so valuable that it is one of the things that is in my go bag. If you dont have it, you better be good at estimating wind velocitys and correcting for them. As others have stated, you can use it as a training tool as well. You can take it to different wind speeds and make some observations as you see exactly what the wind speed is and make note of it that way when you are estimating later at some point down range, you know what that wind looks like in bushes, trees, grass, leaves, etc. A good wind meter is an invaluable tool and a must have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shootinfool, post: 796019, member: 9140"] Like what has been said in posts before me, it is the wind at station that matters the most. If you think about it logically, it makes sence. If you shoot and immediately your bullet is pushed 2 degrees off, when it gets to 1000 yards, how many degrees off is it now? The same principal is applied to the second half, if at 500 yards your bullet is pushed off of its trajectory 2 degrees, it is now only half of what being pushed off 2 degrees at 1000 yards. I dont have my calculator right here but it is as simple as this, if you are perfectly on at station, you will be that much closer to making a first round hit down range, what ever the yardage may be. Sure your bullet may get pushed in different directions at different points and such but my point being just the same as getting good data out of a ballistic calculator, if you have good input at first, your will get good output later. I think that a wind meter at station is a very valuable tool, infact so valuable that it is one of the things that is in my go bag. If you dont have it, you better be good at estimating wind velocitys and correcting for them. As others have stated, you can use it as a training tool as well. You can take it to different wind speeds and make some observations as you see exactly what the wind speed is and make note of it that way when you are estimating later at some point down range, you know what that wind looks like in bushes, trees, grass, leaves, etc. A good wind meter is an invaluable tool and a must have. [/QUOTE]
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