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Basic Wind & Mirage
What you are looking at and what you are looking for…
4/12/2014 JCGC / CAGC Rifle School - © Kemp Fuller 1
Agenda & Objectives
• To give you a basic overview of wind & mirage • To help you understand what you are seeing
and what it means in terms of velocity • To help you understand wind cycles • To provide you video examples from a variety
of shooting ranges, weather and light conditions and shooting distances
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Credits & Help
One of the best places - if not the best source of wind information I have come across is: The Wind book for Rifle Shooters You can purchase the book from Amazon Product Details Paperback: 146 pages Publisher: Paladin Press (January 1, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1581605323 ISBN-13: 978-1581605327 Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
Some of the illustrations used in this presentation come from this book and are used with permission from Keith Cunningham.
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Prerequisites
Whether Sling or F-Class you should know your load(s) and understand how your particular wind corrections are made whether you correct on the sight or hold off.
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Prerequisites Whether Sling or F-Class you must know your target!
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Wind Flags
Belmont Shooting Facility, Brisbane Australia 4/12/2014 JCGC / CAGC Rifle School - © Kemp Fuller 6
Wind Flags – Direction and Effect
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Wind Flags – Value and Corrections
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The Wind Cycle
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© Miller and Cunningham, The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters
Wind Flags
How often do we see this?! (aka - When not to shoot)
NRA Whittington Center – Raton NM.
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Wind Flags
How often do we see this?! (aka - When not to shoot)
Ben Avery Shooting Facility – Arizona 4/12/2014 JCGC / CAGC Rifle School - © Kemp Fuller 11
Mirage
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Effectively Seeing Mirage Focus your spotting scope, not on the target itself but on an approximate point roughly ¾ down the range at a place where you can effectively see the target and the mirage
Quantico Shooting Club
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The 5 Stages of Mirage
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© Miller and Cunningham, The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters
Wind Values Associated with Mirage
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© Miller and Cunningham, The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters
Wind Values Associated with Mirage Making Sighting Corrections
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© Miller and Cunningham, The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters
Tying it all together
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© Miller and Cunningham, The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters
Video Examples and Discussion
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