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Why am I on and off the target?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lionel Boyd Johnson" data-source="post: 1961052" data-attributes="member: 110111"><p>As BallisticsGuy said mirage can and often does make the target appear to be somewhere it isn't. This alone could explain some of your odd shots. When the wind is calm, the mirage may seem to "boil", with waves going up. A right or left wind will cause the waves to go down-wind. Try to avoid shooting when the mirage is boiling; and learn to use the horizontal waves to estimate the wind direction and strength. You can use a higher power spotting scope to "read" the mirage more clearly than with your rifle scope alone. While you work this out, you could put some wind flags up at intervals between your shooting position and the target. Wind close to you will move the bullet farther laterally than wind nearer the target, so have a couple of wind flags within the first 75 yards or so. Compare what the flags are doing with what the mirage is doing. -Ed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lionel Boyd Johnson, post: 1961052, member: 110111"] As BallisticsGuy said mirage can and often does make the target appear to be somewhere it isn't. This alone could explain some of your odd shots. When the wind is calm, the mirage may seem to "boil", with waves going up. A right or left wind will cause the waves to go down-wind. Try to avoid shooting when the mirage is boiling; and learn to use the horizontal waves to estimate the wind direction and strength. You can use a higher power spotting scope to "read" the mirage more clearly than with your rifle scope alone. While you work this out, you could put some wind flags up at intervals between your shooting position and the target. Wind close to you will move the bullet farther laterally than wind nearer the target, so have a couple of wind flags within the first 75 yards or so. Compare what the flags are doing with what the mirage is doing. -Ed [/QUOTE]
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