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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 2243874" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>Totally disagree. Mirage gives you both the direction and the magnitude of the wind (up to about 12-14 mph, when it washes out) if you know how to read it. I can't tell you how many times it was calm at my shooting position but mirage showed a slight drift one way or the other.</p><p></p><p>Mirage also "corrects" for the angle of the wind. </p><p></p><p>You seriously think a Kestrel is better than reading mirage? I get a serious laugh seeing guys at the range shooting 500 yards holding up a Kestrel or other anemometer when a spotting scope or side parallax adjustment tells them all they need to know. BTW, they usually miss.</p><p></p><p>The wind where you are shooting is rarely the wind halfway to the target. I often check it with an anemometer but you know what? I left both of my anemometers in CO two weeks ago and Monday went out to the desert. Mirage was shifting left to right, right to left because it was mostly from behind. I took the prevailing condition, figured it was about 5 mph straight crosswind, zapped it with my BR7 twice to make sure I had the range, and then toggled my wind to 5 mph. BR7 said 1.2 MOA. I was shooting at 790; held 1.5 (BR7 doesn't correct for about .2 spin drift [zeroed at 500 for spin]) and hit 2" left. Turned my gun to my 1180 target. Mirage was to the left pretty consistently, which was totally the opposite of my shooting position. Held 2.4 to right, hit about 4" low and 6" right (too much wind allowance)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 2243874, member: 3230"] Totally disagree. Mirage gives you both the direction and the magnitude of the wind (up to about 12-14 mph, when it washes out) if you know how to read it. I can't tell you how many times it was calm at my shooting position but mirage showed a slight drift one way or the other. Mirage also "corrects" for the angle of the wind. You seriously think a Kestrel is better than reading mirage? I get a serious laugh seeing guys at the range shooting 500 yards holding up a Kestrel or other anemometer when a spotting scope or side parallax adjustment tells them all they need to know. BTW, they usually miss. The wind where you are shooting is rarely the wind halfway to the target. I often check it with an anemometer but you know what? I left both of my anemometers in CO two weeks ago and Monday went out to the desert. Mirage was shifting left to right, right to left because it was mostly from behind. I took the prevailing condition, figured it was about 5 mph straight crosswind, zapped it with my BR7 twice to make sure I had the range, and then toggled my wind to 5 mph. BR7 said 1.2 MOA. I was shooting at 790; held 1.5 (BR7 doesn't correct for about .2 spin drift [zeroed at 500 for spin]) and hit 2" left. Turned my gun to my 1180 target. Mirage was to the left pretty consistently, which was totally the opposite of my shooting position. Held 2.4 to right, hit about 4" low and 6" right (too much wind allowance) [/QUOTE]
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