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<blockquote data-quote="ajhardle" data-source="post: 665476" data-attributes="member: 49861"><p>1. wind at the muzzle is important because it affects the entire trajectory.</p><p> 2. wind downrange is important because the bullets travels slower.</p><p> 3. wind at midrange is important because the bullet is higher above the ground and probably has a higher wind speed than lower parts of the trajectory.</p><p> 4. more importantly for long range ( or really long range) is the transonic barrier. The coefficient of drag has a dramatic spike for long range bullets as they approach the sound barrier and wind drift is increased.</p><p> 5. or in certain cases the landscape will have variables that can have the greatest effect and be incredibly difficult to predict.</p><p> So what you have to do is find an indicator and see what happens when you shoot, and shoot some more. If it is unpredictable, find a new indicator. Keep doing this for years and no-one will ever predict it perfectly, but we try and that's the fun of long range shooting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajhardle, post: 665476, member: 49861"] 1. wind at the muzzle is important because it affects the entire trajectory. 2. wind downrange is important because the bullets travels slower. 3. wind at midrange is important because the bullet is higher above the ground and probably has a higher wind speed than lower parts of the trajectory. 4. more importantly for long range ( or really long range) is the transonic barrier. The coefficient of drag has a dramatic spike for long range bullets as they approach the sound barrier and wind drift is increased. 5. or in certain cases the landscape will have variables that can have the greatest effect and be incredibly difficult to predict. So what you have to do is find an indicator and see what happens when you shoot, and shoot some more. If it is unpredictable, find a new indicator. Keep doing this for years and no-one will ever predict it perfectly, but we try and that's the fun of long range shooting. [/QUOTE]
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