One thing should be clear by now, to anyone reading this thread, that the measuring devises [flags, scopes, meters, etc] give only a clue to what will actually happen to your bullet on the way to the target. In my opinion, the numerous factors that go into understanding these clues that are gathered at the range prior to breaking the shot, will mess with your mind if you try to track too many of them. I personally, use mirage and the flags to verify the mirage clues, but even with these observations, I need to take a shot down range to actually calibrate what I am seeing. Boats said, “Still best way to see what the effect of wind is, bullet on the sighter target. Nothing is as accurate as actual shots falling”. That has been my experience also. No doubt, mistakes will be made during a match. To win, you just need to make fewer mistakes than the other guys shooting the match. John Louis said “I believe wind flows in layers just as water in a river does.” In an actual BPTR Long Range match, a shooter was just outside the X ring in the 10 ring. Based on the center of his grouping he needed a ˝ minute more elevation to get into the X ring, the adjustment was made and the shot just caught the black. The problem was, the air layer that the bullet now had to traverse was not running in the same direction as the previous lower layer. Sometimes you just have to settle for a good score instead of trying for the great score. This may not happen in the 200 yard match, but it could. I hope some of you good shooters will give us newbies some of your strategies for shooting Schuetzen Matches. Keep on hav'n fun! MikeT
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