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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 2275911" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>"Mirage, as I've said before is better for wind direction. ALONE, it's not accurate enough to be precise at 1000y if the target is smaller than say the side of a shed. I mean is the squiggly line 7, 8, 9 mph?? It makes a difference if it's your only information."</p><p></p><p>Actually, if I can see mirage I can estimate the wind a lot better than the 1/3 solution a Kestrel gives me. The problem is, it isn't always there. </p><p></p><p>IME, once the sun poke up, the wind starts to move away from the sun. Not very fast, but if it is otherwise calm, that is what I normally see. But yesterday there was none.</p><p></p><p>Imagining what wind is doing based on terrain is not a firing solution, especially not to within 1 mph which is what you ought to have if shooting at animal at 1000 yards (1 mph wind pushes a 195 Berger 4" at 1000 yards). Every day I get up and shoot. Up until yesterday, most days with zero wind, zero mirage, no visible signs of vegetation moving meant a hit if I dialed in 1/2 MOA. Most days at mid-morning, there is detectable wind at my site and mirage showing. Yesterday there was neither, and I still had 2 MOA. Same terrain yesterday as the days, weeks, and months before.</p><p></p><p>So exactly how are you estimating wind within 1 mph if you don't use mirage? You are not doing it with a Kestrel...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 2275911, member: 3230"] "Mirage, as I’ve said before is better for wind direction. ALONE, it’s not accurate enough to be precise at 1000y if the target is smaller than say the side of a shed. I mean is the squiggly line 7, 8, 9 mph?? It makes a difference if it’s your only information." Actually, if I can see mirage I can estimate the wind a lot better than the 1/3 solution a Kestrel gives me. The problem is, it isn't always there. IME, once the sun poke up, the wind starts to move away from the sun. Not very fast, but if it is otherwise calm, that is what I normally see. But yesterday there was none. Imagining what wind is doing based on terrain is not a firing solution, especially not to within 1 mph which is what you ought to have if shooting at animal at 1000 yards (1 mph wind pushes a 195 Berger 4" at 1000 yards). Every day I get up and shoot. Up until yesterday, most days with zero wind, zero mirage, no visible signs of vegetation moving meant a hit if I dialed in 1/2 MOA. Most days at mid-morning, there is detectable wind at my site and mirage showing. Yesterday there was neither, and I still had 2 MOA. Same terrain yesterday as the days, weeks, and months before. So exactly how are you estimating wind within 1 mph if you don't use mirage? You are not doing it with a Kestrel... [/QUOTE]
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