Thread: wind meter....whats good value for money?

Originally Posted by baldbob

but u also have to remember wind at shooting posution had 100% effect and wind half way flight time wise has 50% effect... as winds not actually pushing bullet sideways its turning it and changing its direction of travel!!!

Interesting physics debate that one.

2 schools of thought

A) wind at start is more important, coz it kicks the projectile off its course, and sideways momentum does the rest

B) wind is like gravity, it has more of an effect during the later stages of projectile flight, when the projectile is traveling slower and takes more time to cover distance, giving the wind more time to have an effect.

Originally Posted by ebf

Interesting physics debate that one.

2 schools of thought

A) wind at start is more important, coz it kicks the projectile off its course, and sideways momentum does the rest

B) wind is like gravity, it has more of an effect during the later stages of projectile flight, when the projectile is traveling slower and takes more time to cover distance, giving the wind more time to have an effect.

I would thank that's A and has been pretty much confirmed at least for me. Hence a wind meter local to you is of some value, not sure if $100+ is worth it but I know wind is the hardest thing to me allow for....proved that again today at 900m....Got it right, 3 x 5s and vs in a row wind moved and then 3 x 2s....bugger....made 2 x 1moa corrections in those as well ...so the wind must have shifted 3 moa on me.