Wind

[Guest]

I am a three position small bore shooter who, most of the year is sheltered with the privilege of shooting indoors. I now have an outdoor match coming up soon and would love some generic old timer tricks of the trade to shooting in the wind.
Any info would help

Thanks
-Ryan

[Soupy44]

The simplest way to get back into wind reading is a single point of reference. If the match will have wind flags, choose one near your point and watch just it. If there are no wind flags, and rules allow you to bring your own, do so. If you don't have a windmill, a coat hanger with a 6in piece of yarn will do nicely.

Figure out which wind condition is around the most, for both speed and direction, and only shoot during that condition. If it changes, wait, and it will come back. Just be patient.

Best to not over complicate things.

[randy1952]

I am a three position small bore shooter who, most of the year is sheltered with the privilege of shooting indoors. I now have an outdoor match coming up soon and would love some generic old timer tricks of the trade to shooting in the wind.
Any info would help

Thanks
-Ryan

Here is how the AMU uses flags.

http://www.odcmp.org/0107/default.asp?page=USAMU_WIND2

and another one that is fairly good.

http://www.thewindisnotyourfriend.com/r ... oping.html

You can google and find others. This is a skill that takes some experience and training, so get outside and train. I have been doing this since I started shooting varmints at nine except varmint hunters don't have the use of wind flags. We had to use natural indicators such as movement of dust, grass, brush, trees, and the slant of the rain or snow and even the feeling of the wind on your face and skin was used as indicators. Wind is not the only thing you may have to deal with when shooting outdoors. You will have to deal with other factors such as heat shimmers and temperature variations. Shimmers can distort the targets actual position and temperature variations can affect the burn rate of the powder.