Shooting into the wind

[mangy1983 51]

I guess its time to re-check my rifle then just to make sure that its still on zero. I got as close as 150 yards to them before the crofts level above sea drops from 60 - 70 yards above sea level to 10 yards. When the sea gets stormy the waves come right on over and flood the bottom of the croft. I'm not sure if l fluffed the shot as l always try to fire my gun on a slightly angled piece of ground thereby letting the front half of the gun sit on the bi pod and the rear stock lying on the ground to give me the steadiest shot possible if that makes any sense. Thanks for the info on shooting into the wind though guys and all who contributed to the thread, its good to know that the bullet should carry on on its usual trajectory.

 

thanks Callum

[riflehunter583 58]

wind can lower poi if blowing strong and the shot is into the wind i have experinced this myself. however we all miss some of the time were only human could be a poor shot or bad round..

[tegater 789]

Shooting straight into a strong wind on a level field then the affects are negligable, howevever shooting long range rifle downhill and the affect is that the bullets poi can be lower because of the angle of the trajectory has changed in relation to the wind direction. The opposite can occur if shooting at an angle into a strong wind angled up.

 

(Dont get this confused with the affects of just shooting on an angle)

 

Over long range head on into a wind, the increased drag will cause the change of POI, very slightly.

 

Any external influence such as wind, must have an affect on the trajectory. It is just the range strength and direction, that you will have to consider whether it requires adjusting for.

[HUnter_zero 58]

Very humid air will be less dense, this will effect POI which will be very slightly higher. If you had buffeting winds, which would be very hard to establish over open water, this will also effect you POI. Combine the both and depending on how you did your range finding, you would find a POI change but in fairness the effects of humidity will be very small (<0.01 MOA), the wind will have a greater effect as would the range. On very sunny days, I have seen some very strange mirrarge effects over water, this could have also contributed. Obviosuly any doubt over zero, should be checked as well.

 

John

[Ratsmasher 36]

I'm not sure if l fluffed the shot as l always try to fire my gun on a slightly angled piece of ground thereby letting the front half of the gun sit on the bi pod and the rear stock lying on the ground to give me the steadiest shot possible if that makes any sense.

do you zero like that because if you dont that could cause a POI change because of the vibrations changing on discharge

[mangy1983 51]

I'm not sure if l fluffed the shot as l always try to fire my gun on a slightly angled piece of ground thereby letting the front half of the gun sit on the bi pod and the rear stock lying on the ground to give me the steadiest shot possible if that makes any sense.

do you zero like that because if you dont that could cause a POI change because of the vibrations changing on discharge

 

I do zero like that, l found a rock on the moor that's a perfect rifle rest :laugh:

 

cheers Callum