This is my first post on Sniper's Hide. I've lurked for a while as a non-member, but I just joined today. I am fairly new to precision shooting. I got my first precision rifle (a friend built a custom AR-15 for me) several years ago. I dabbled in it and shot in a couple of NRA Mid-range High Power matches. Almost a year ago, wifey bought me a Ruger Precision Rifle in 6.5CM. Since then, I've been on a "precision rifle kick." It's quite the "rabbit hole!" I'm having fun with it.
A while back I got the Weatherflow Weathermeter. It measures wind speed, humidity, temperature, and more. It's designed to be a hand-held gizmo. You face into the wind and take your measurement.
The cool part is that it interfaces with Strelok Pro (ballistic app). Of course, that measurement is but a momentary reading. The wind, of course, changes. So, I could stand up and take a measurement, but when I get back prone on the rifle and get ready to take my shot.... well... that measurement I took moments ago may or may not be applicable. Now, if I was a master at reading the wind, that would help when I take the shot.
I do recognize that the Weathermeter reading is but a moment in time at a very specific position (near the shooter). So, I understand that there's more to reading the wind. I submit using a weathermeter will help "calibrate" a newbie's senses in reading the wind.
So... what if I could get the Weathermeter data in real time? The weathermeter and Strelok can do that, but I can't hold the weathermeter in my hand (facing the wind) and be on the rifle simultaneously.
Oddly enough, nobody makes a wind vane that will hold the Weathermeter. So, I made my own. In the next comments, I'll post photos on how I made it.
The idea is to set the weather meter / vane up on a tripod and have my phone right in front of me when prone on the rifle.
That all said... because it's bluetooth, the range is not that great.
In any case... here we go:
I got all the parts on Amazon.
This is a replacement wind vane for a Davis weather station.
This is a 3.5-mm jack extension cord made to install on a car dash. I cut off the wire and ground the base flat.
I hot-glued the 3.5-mm jack to the top of the wind vane. The Weathermeter has a 3.5-mm jack so you can mount it to your phone.
I got a 1/4" x 6" stainless steel rod (shortest I could find on Amazon) and cut a 2-1/2" piece off.
I then got a flange-mounted bearing with a 1/4" hub. There are two hex set-screws to secure the 1/4" steel shaft.
The wind vane has a 1/4" socket in it with a single hex set-screw.
(to be continued in next comment... stand by...)
A while back I got the Weatherflow Weathermeter. It measures wind speed, humidity, temperature, and more. It's designed to be a hand-held gizmo. You face into the wind and take your measurement.
The cool part is that it interfaces with Strelok Pro (ballistic app). Of course, that measurement is but a momentary reading. The wind, of course, changes. So, I could stand up and take a measurement, but when I get back prone on the rifle and get ready to take my shot.... well... that measurement I took moments ago may or may not be applicable. Now, if I was a master at reading the wind, that would help when I take the shot.
I do recognize that the Weathermeter reading is but a moment in time at a very specific position (near the shooter). So, I understand that there's more to reading the wind. I submit using a weathermeter will help "calibrate" a newbie's senses in reading the wind.
So... what if I could get the Weathermeter data in real time? The weathermeter and Strelok can do that, but I can't hold the weathermeter in my hand (facing the wind) and be on the rifle simultaneously.
Oddly enough, nobody makes a wind vane that will hold the Weathermeter. So, I made my own. In the next comments, I'll post photos on how I made it.
The idea is to set the weather meter / vane up on a tripod and have my phone right in front of me when prone on the rifle.
That all said... because it's bluetooth, the range is not that great.
In any case... here we go:
I got all the parts on Amazon.
This is a replacement wind vane for a Davis weather station.
This is a 3.5-mm jack extension cord made to install on a car dash. I cut off the wire and ground the base flat.
I hot-glued the 3.5-mm jack to the top of the wind vane. The Weathermeter has a 3.5-mm jack so you can mount it to your phone.
I got a 1/4" x 6" stainless steel rod (shortest I could find on Amazon) and cut a 2-1/2" piece off.
I then got a flange-mounted bearing with a 1/4" hub. There are two hex set-screws to secure the 1/4" steel shaft.
The wind vane has a 1/4" socket in it with a single hex set-screw.
(to be continued in next comment... stand by...)
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