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Agree with David above. Most is from experience, I calculate and don't do bad, but sometimes conditions are to me unreadable. Talking about 1000 yard prone iron sight matches here.
There are guys that sense it out when other top shooters are completely off the paper. A couple that I have been squadded with come to mind, Pete Church and Mid Tompkins. The flags will all be pointing in different directions, the mirage doesn't match anything, and these guys will be shooting 10s and Xs. Both are GS (over 70 years old), so their eyes and reflexes aren't what the younger guys have, but they will always be at the top of results sheet. After one particularly crazy fishtail gusty match that I was squadded with Pete, I asked him what he was watching to adjust his sights.
He said he didn't really know or think about it. He looked at all the flags, the mirage and just twisted the knobs.
It is challenging, at one match I had 16 minutes of left on (64 clicks) and the wind let offs were over 5 min, but you wouldn't see 5 min on the flags in that kind of wind, it would take you off the paper.
I'm hoping by time I'm 70 I'll be able to just twist the knobs, LOL. But, I'm mortal, so I'll just be out there trying.
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