In the May-June 1975 Handloader magazine, there is an article on shooting cast in the .22-250 by Carl Johnson.  He states that "shooting at the lower end of the velocity range, the .22-250 gave good groups at 50yds. and sometimes at 100yds if a fairly strong steady wind was blowing".
    He goes on to say..." Contrary to common belief, but as any bench rest competitor will tell you, the "best possible conditions" arn't during a calm day.  A little wind will do wonders for the apparent accuracy of a load, providing you shoot when the wind is coming from the same direction and with about the same intensity." 
    I have never heard of this before..does a bullet need some resistance in the form of wind to "bite into" to keep on track?  Perhaps some of our experienced bench resters could comment?

Schuetzendave wrote on Aug 26^th, 2024 at 8:33am:


What do you do when there is both mirage and wind?

What do you do when there is both mirage and wind?

When there is wind I mostly ignore the mirage because the wind intensity and direction changes will fine tune my calls considerably better than the mirage waves can.

However I do monitor the mirage since it will show a wind change is about to occur before the wind socks show the change.

I use different wind indicators for different intensity of winds.

Extreme to light winds - light nylon wind socks.
Slight wind - seismic ribbons
Trickle wind - cassette tape ribbons

When there is no wind there is slight shifts in mirage but they are so minor I have not figured out how much of an impact has occurred so I try to wait and always shoot on the same conditions instead of trying to adjust for the change.

I also use the mag tape. It shows there is wind when everything else says there isnt.