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<blockquote data-quote="R. Cram" data-source="post: 3060006" data-attributes="member: 116633"><p>There is a lot of thinking involved with long range, where is the good indicators ,is it going to speed up or slow down or the dreaded switch. last weekend for one of my shots at 600 with my garand I watched the mirage in my scope and decided where to fix my sights then went to shoot my rifle and my spotter new I was going to have a bad shot because right after I left the scope the wind switched and blew to the right enthusiastically to give me a 5 which is probably 18 or 20 inches to the left of center. At CampPerry a long time ago I was shooting at 600 and we got done and I had shot a 200 with 11 or 13 x's which was and is a good score for me and the shooter to the right of me say's do you know what I was doing at 600, to which I reply'd I don't have any idea I was concentrating as hard as I am capable of and in those days it was iron sights only and correctly or not I really was concentrating on the sight picture and the wind . So he says I could see you could shoot pretty well so I waited untill you shot and then watched where your shot went and adjusted his sights accordingly. His name was Peter Laberge, I probably didn't spell that right so I appologise but he was cool headed and smart. The next match at 600 I was at 3 oclock in the 10 ring with the logic that if the wind blew it would blow harder and push me farther into the x or 10 but instead it let off and I shot a 199, he then came over and told me exactly what I was thinking and that wind requires energy and so a let off is more likely than an increase in speed. I was amazed he could figure out my thinking and it was very kind of him to help me out in strategy since I was a couple points within his score I was competition for him so by helping me it could result in a possability of me beating him, he was a gentleman. sometimes by watching the mirage the wind is rythmic so it speed up and then slows down and maybe switches and if it follows a pattern perhaps a person can use that to one's advantage. This last weekend there was 4 Garands and one M14 on the line and then 6 fellows brought their sisters rifle, AR15 however they shot the highest scores</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="R. Cram, post: 3060006, member: 116633"] There is a lot of thinking involved with long range, where is the good indicators ,is it going to speed up or slow down or the dreaded switch. last weekend for one of my shots at 600 with my garand I watched the mirage in my scope and decided where to fix my sights then went to shoot my rifle and my spotter new I was going to have a bad shot because right after I left the scope the wind switched and blew to the right enthusiastically to give me a 5 which is probably 18 or 20 inches to the left of center. At CampPerry a long time ago I was shooting at 600 and we got done and I had shot a 200 with 11 or 13 x's which was and is a good score for me and the shooter to the right of me say's do you know what I was doing at 600, to which I reply'd I don't have any idea I was concentrating as hard as I am capable of and in those days it was iron sights only and correctly or not I really was concentrating on the sight picture and the wind . So he says I could see you could shoot pretty well so I waited untill you shot and then watched where your shot went and adjusted his sights accordingly. His name was Peter Laberge, I probably didn't spell that right so I appologise but he was cool headed and smart. The next match at 600 I was at 3 oclock in the 10 ring with the logic that if the wind blew it would blow harder and push me farther into the x or 10 but instead it let off and I shot a 199, he then came over and told me exactly what I was thinking and that wind requires energy and so a let off is more likely than an increase in speed. I was amazed he could figure out my thinking and it was very kind of him to help me out in strategy since I was a couple points within his score I was competition for him so by helping me it could result in a possability of me beating him, he was a gentleman. sometimes by watching the mirage the wind is rythmic so it speed up and then slows down and maybe switches and if it follows a pattern perhaps a person can use that to one's advantage. This last weekend there was 4 Garands and one M14 on the line and then 6 fellows brought their sisters rifle, AR15 however they shot the highest scores [/QUOTE]
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