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First 100 yard Group

Re: First 100 yard Group

Wind flags help. Easy to make, learn to use 'em.
Coroplast, stiff wire, bean poles and a few paperclips

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Pay attention to direction, speed, lulls.
Avoid firing during a gust, although some days even flags don't help at all.
Like when one is pointing NE in a gust,
the next is pointing South
and the one by the target is pointing Southwest
what do you do?
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link to a how to Wind-icator construction

 
Re: First 100 yard Group

Windflags are a tremendous help in disciplines that allow them but you can consistently shoot small groups without them at 100 yards by paying close attention to "felt" wind on your body.

Try to first determine the prevailing wind direction (on average) by feeling it on the back of your neck or coming over your left shoulder etc. and then try to find a low wind speed window that lasts long enough to fire your shots in. Any hint of a change in speed or direction and you better stop shooting till your condition returns as it doesn't take much change to double your group size or put you out in the 9 ring. Like Tony Boyer says if you run your shots fast in your condition you better have good brakes and be ready to stop shooting if your condition changes. WE compete in iron sight matches at 100 yards with 3 relays with 2 targets each with 10 shots each and most of the time use all 45 minutes to shoot those 20 rounds as the condition comes and goes and if you let one shot out of 60 leak out into the 9 ring you won't be in the money.

Also try shooting some SK Rifle Match at 100 yards it will often outshoot expensive Eley and Lapua if your rifle likes it. My buddy put 56 out of 60 in the X ring during a match shooting an Anschutz.
 
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I don't know about using the wind that you're feeling. At most places that I shoot, what YOU are feeling has little to do with what's going on down range, especially if it's some type of headwind. It'll be over before you even see it coming. You're better off watching the leaves on trees, bushes or even the grass on the ground.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TonyAngel</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I don't know about using the wind that you're feeling. At most places that I shoot, what YOU are feeling has little to do with what's going on down range, especially if it's some type of headwind. It'll be over before you even see it coming. You're better off watching the leaves on trees, bushes or even the grass on the ground. </div></div>

Wouldn't wind at the bullet's origin effect it more than wind at the target? A bullet pushed off course at it's origin still has the distance between you and the target to travel, whereas wind at the target may only effect the bullet for the last yard or two.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wind directions and velocities often {usually) vary along the distance of the flight path.</div></div>

Last year I went to the Kelbly super shoot. This is one of the largest benchrest gatherings in the world. The entire field is covered with really nice and very expensive windage contraptions. I had never before realized just how erratic and swirly the wind really is but all these flags allowed you to easily see in two dimensions on a large scale just what was going on. This was quite enlightening.
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jaia</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Like when one is pointing NE in a gust,
the next is pointing South
and the one by the target is pointing Southwest
what do you do?
confused.gif

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a. Wait for conditions to change.
b. If not possible, read the wind clsest to you and fudge a little bit based on what the other flags are doing.