I built a 16.25” 6.5 creedmoor recently to hunt suppressed with. It’s mostly a 0-400tops rifle but I’ve been enjoying shooting it out past 600 as well.
I’ve been “struggling” with wind having a larger effect than my wind call more often than usual. I understand my kestrel is only reading a moment of time where I am, and I am looking at wind indicators that I can find downrange in the middle and at target.
I just feel like more often than before in my shooting life im seeing a wind call that turns out to be significantly higher than I called it.
Is it that my bullet is going slower than im used to out past 600 so what wind snags it out there has a greater divergence of the path than im used to? Is it that the bullet is going higher in the air/further in the air?
It’s not horrifically off. but it’s let’s say maybe I’ve got a .4mrad left hold from my solver, but I end up adding .2mils correction after spotting. Is this something I’m ignorant on concept wise or am I simply noticing I suck at calling wind
Load is 143gr @2430.
I’ve been “struggling” with wind having a larger effect than my wind call more often than usual. I understand my kestrel is only reading a moment of time where I am, and I am looking at wind indicators that I can find downrange in the middle and at target.
I just feel like more often than before in my shooting life im seeing a wind call that turns out to be significantly higher than I called it.
Is it that my bullet is going slower than im used to out past 600 so what wind snags it out there has a greater divergence of the path than im used to? Is it that the bullet is going higher in the air/further in the air?
It’s not horrifically off. but it’s let’s say maybe I’ve got a .4mrad left hold from my solver, but I end up adding .2mils correction after spotting. Is this something I’m ignorant on concept wise or am I simply noticing I suck at calling wind
Load is 143gr @2430.