22LR Performance in the Wind

[orkan]

Don't be afraid to go shoot your 22lr when the wind is blowing! You may not get as good of groups or the best scores, but it can still be fun!

 

[1badDart]

Very good shooting, as usual. How much and where were you holding off?

I'm trying to learn reading my flags and finding conditions that I can shoot in. Part of the problem is here in KY the wind is seldom very steady, it seems to take huge swings and where my range is it swirls bad.

 

[orkan]

Very good shooting, as usual. How much and where were you holding off?

I'm trying to learn reading my flags and finding conditions that I can shoot in. Part of the problem is here in KY the wind is seldom very steady, it seems to take huge swings and where my range is it swirls bad.

Wind holds between shots were varying between 4 tenths of a mil, to 1.5 mils left hold, with elevation holds between .1 and .3 mils, respectively. Wind is never steady here either. I did not have flags out, and as a point of pride, never do. Don't misread that to construe that I think less of guys that use flags, or that I don't think flags have a place. It's just that I'm a field shooter, and as such, the world and all the things in it are my flags. So grass, mirage, my skin, and my ears are what I use. As you can see from a few poorly placed shots there... those things aren't nearly as adequate as flags sometimes.

 

[22fun]

Agreed. If I waited for no wind around here I’d never shoot. It makes things interesting. Wind about 15 left to right half value.

 

[nakoa01]

Very good shooting, as usual. How much and where were you holding off?

I'm trying to learn reading my flags and finding conditions that I can shoot in. Part of the problem is here in KY the wind is seldom very steady, it seems to take huge swings and where my range is it swirls bad.

I too am from KY. I don't know if you can shoot at night or not. But I get to. It's really helps mitigate mother nature. If you can't shoot ewrly morning. I can put out 4 flags and all of them are telling me something different. Sneaky head and tail winds are the worste.

 

[munsonbw]

I am guessing this takes a some skill to achieve.

 

[Hellbender]

I wish someone would do some scientific studies to see if the different land/grove profiles (Ratchet for example) really do reduce wind drift, as claimed.

 

[usafa77]

Orkan -Thanks for you aerodynamic jump explanation- it has really helped my wind calls.

 

[nakoa01]

Don't be afraid to go shoot your 22lr when the wind is blowing! You may not get as good of groups or the best scores, but it can still be fun!

That's amazing. Wow. I couldnt shoot like that with a 10mph wind

 

[oldand slow]

Hello. New member here. I live on the western edge of the south plains. It's basically windy, windier, and really windy. Very early in the morning as in barely daylight is the best time to sight in or test amo and that is not an every day occurance. A day with little to no wind is very rare. Most seem to happen in August when it's hot and is monsoon season. That doesn't mean it's rainy, just that the humidity is very high compared to the rest of the year. I'm not complaining but just stating my usual shooting conditions. I'm used to it and manage to do a fairly decent job of reading the wind.