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bnice Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1844 Location: Iowa Joined: Nov 30^th, 2006	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #15 - Feb 26^th, 2014 at 10:40pm	Print Post
	I agree with Jack, because I don't beleive there is really a "NO Wind" condition.


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joeb33050 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2613 Location: Marathon, FL Joined: Apr 20^th, 2004	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #16 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 9:44am	Print Post
	The ELEY and LAPUA tunnels are doing it wrong! Also, the entire warehouse business is incorrect! Fill in them tunnels, tear down them warehouses, get out in the wind! (There are more noodles visible than I've ever imagined.)


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ledball Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1010 Location: syracuse, ohio Joined: Nov 20^th, 2009	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #17 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 10:26am	Print Post
	It's not the fact that there is no wind but, the wind and or conditions are not visible and that at our velocities it takes very little wind to keep us out of the 25 ring. Ledball


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KAF Ex Member	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #18 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 11:55am	Print Post
	Lead, To know anything about wind a fellow must shoot instead of relying on what everybody else has experienced.


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #19 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 12:10pm	Print Post
	Totally agree KAF, it is a hands on learning process and a very difficult one to master as is reading the mirage and one needs to understand them both to become successful. JLouis

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7247 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #20 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 12:24pm	Print Post
	joeb33050 wrote on Feb 27^th, 2014 at 9:44am: The ELEY and LAPUA tunnels are doing it wrong! Also, the entire warehouse business is incorrect! Fill in them tunnels, tear down them warehouses, get out in the wind! (There are more noodles visible than I've ever imagined.) Joe, I know of no matches that are shot in tunnels or with machine rests! I reread your post and noted that your NOT asking a question, you were making a statement as if your assumtion is correct (remember what assume means). You got responces from some of the best, outdoor shooters in the nation and you discount (lest offensive word I could think of) what they tell you. What you need to do is listen. Frank

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40_Rod Frequent Elocutionist Offline Extremism in the persuit of accuracy is not a vice Posts: 4285 Location: Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 20^th, 2004	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #21 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 12:42pm	Print Post
	There is no such thing as no wind. There is only wind that your flags haven't picked up. Learning to read the wind is the project of a lifetime. 40 Rod


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Lefty38-55 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 366 Location: New England Joined: Sep 11^th, 2013	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #22 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 12:53pm	Print Post
	I dunnoh, after reading through this post and other soliloquies previously posted and the only thing I can think of is: Some people type ... some people shoot. Most (almost all?) of us here prefer to shoot !

	All of my single shots shoot one tiny ragged hole with cast bullets ... it's just the following shots that tend to open up my groups ...
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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #23 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 4:09pm	Print Post
	We could live without the name calling, we do have guests who visit this site and several Ladies who have joined it and I am sure it does not leave a good impression of the ASSRA as an organization. JLouis

	" It Is Better To Now Have Been A Has Been Than A Never Was Or A Wanna Be "
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11432 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #24 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 4:10pm	Print Post
	Welcome, Lefty. Joe.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11432 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #25 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 4:15pm	Print Post
	If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, did it fall? If the wind cannot be detected is there wind? What came first the chicken or the egg? Who cares? Chicken is good and eggs are good. Shooting is fun and I'm a noodlehead and I dont care and................and .................... That's a post. Joe.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #26 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 5:08pm	Print Post
	An understanding of science helps. As long as this big globe we are all on continues to rotate, there will be drag of the atmosphere's lower boundary layer with the terrain that creates turbulence ... and wind. Same as with an apparently calm deep pool of water (fluid) in a stream, the fluid continues to flow even though it *appears* to our eyes to be motionless.

	There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading, the few who learn by observation, and the rest who have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves. Proud Noodlehead
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Schuetzendave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Retired Ex-Shooter Posts: 4022 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Joined: Jan 28^th, 2005	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #27 - Feb 27^th, 2014 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	No problem calling me a noodle head. Means I should be able to get better odds on the side bets at the next shoot.


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KAF Ex Member	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #28 - Feb 28^th, 2014 at 8:20am	Print Post
	The surface of the Earth exerts a frictional drag on the air blowing just above it. This friction can act to change the wind's direction and slow it down -- keeping it from blowing as fast as the wind aloft. Actually, the difference in terrain conditions directly affects how much friction is exerted. For example, a calm ocean surface is pretty smooth, so the wind blowing over it does not move up, down, and around any features. By contrast, hills and forests force the wind to slow down and/or change direction much more.


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boats Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7537 Location: Virginia Joined: Apr 23^rd, 2004	Re: COMPENSATING FOR WIND DRIFT Reply #29 - Feb 28^th, 2014 at 8:49am	Print Post
	Number of years ago one of our Club BPCS matches when I was match director was just before a Hurricane came up the coast. Club range is 100 miles inland but still affected by these giant storms. Hurricanes suck all the air out before they hit, nearly dead calm conditions, or as near to it as you will see. This opinion from observing sea surface for years, about a perfect indicator of wind. Scores were higher all shooters than I had ever recorded on that range. No doubt in my mind wind controls results with our low velocity bullets. I would rather have some blowing so I can read it than fooled thinking it's calm. It's almost never calm. Boats
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