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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarvo View Post
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    When you say "windage" you are not meaning a breeze or wind - but this is to do with how the projectile spins out of a specific barrel (as in all rifles have a different effect/reaction on this)
    So distance is needed to ascertain this sideways movement - whereas short range will not show its exaggeration/extent of
    No hes refering to left to right zeroing, ideally you are in the centre. Spindrift is the effect from the rifling but wint matter at the ranges you are talking about

 

 

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