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Pond, James Pond · April 9, 2015, 05:56 AM

I want to try out my new hunting loads tomorrow. My 100m range is NNW facing and has 10ft concrete wall around the compound. On the 100m range, the closest I could shoot to the wall is about 30m (100ft or so).
Forecast say 5m/s westerly cross wind.

I am wind illiterate at this stage, so I a) won't know how to compensate and therefore b) won't know how significant 5m/s is to a bullet trajectory.
Strelok suggests about an inch of lateral drift, but that does not take into account the walls.

Should I ditch (read postpone) my OCW accuracy test or is that acceptable? No scope zeroing, just checking for group size.

April 9, 2015, 05:56 AM	#1
Pond, James Pond Senior Member Join Date: July 12, 2011 Location: Top of the Baltic stack Posts: 6,079	How big of an issue would wind be? I want to try out my new hunting loads tomorrow. My 100m range is NNW facing and has 10ft concrete wall around the compound. On the 100m range, the closest I could shoot to the wall is about 30m (100ft or so). Forecast say 5m/s westerly cross wind. I am wind illiterate at this stage, so I a) won't know how to compensate and therefore b) won't know how significant 5m/s is to a bullet trajectory. Strelok suggests about an inch of lateral drift, but that does not take into account the walls. Should I ditch (read postpone) my OCW accuracy test or is that acceptable? No scope zeroing, just checking for group size. __________________ When the right to effective self-defence is denied, that right to self-defence which remains is essentially symbolic. Freedom: Please enjoy responsibly. Last edited by Pond, James Pond; April 9, 2015 at 12:23 PM.