Wind-Reading Tips from Champion Shooters
The digital archives of Shooting Sports USA magazine (SSUSA) features an Expert Forum on Wind Reading. This outstanding article on wind reading starts off with a section by ballistics guru Bryan Litz, author of Applied Ballistics for Long-Range Shooting. Then four of the greatest American shooters in history share their personal wind wisdom. Lanny Basham (Olympic Gold Medalist, author, Winning in the Wind), Nancy Tompkins (Past National HP Champion, author, Prone and Long-Range Rifle Shooting), David Tubb (11-Time Camp Perry National Champion), and Lones Wigger (Olympic Hall of Fame) all offer practical wind-reading lessons learned during their shooting careers.
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Whether you shoot paper at Perry or prairie dogs in the Dakotas, this is a certified “must-read” resource on reading the wind. Here is a sample selection from the article:
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Here’s the full article:
http://pronematch.com/september-2010-issue-of-shooting-sports-usa/
I don’t think anyone understands the mechanics of wind drift. If it were as described(pulling like an airplane wing)then there would be no association with lag time, faster bullets would drift more than slower bullets, and no ballistic software in existence could predict wind drift. This, because you would get into the infinite possible wing shapes per aspect of flight.
We really do need an exploration/discussion of wind drift that concludes with passing tests.
I agree with mike. I put this theory in the same category as global warming. Bad science if you ask me.
I don’t have to fully understand it , to know that it exists . Lots of people still don’t think coralis effect exists , either . The trick is to learn how to adjust for it , to be able to shoot through it . Simple ,right ?
I don’t think that the bullet weather-vanes. The spin will resist this but a precession will result. There are utube videos that show the effect of a side force on a spinning wheel.