As an old coot I found shooting out in the sun in a quilted coat and pulling targets in one degree heat a young man's game. And if you are shooting in the shade, temperatures never drop below ambient. I used to be squadded with National Champions, and one Wimbleton Cup winner I was shooting with, we were discussing at the 1000 yard range, before we shot our sighters, how horrible we were compared to the internet experts. Given we knew the range, had previous zero's with the same ammunition, we were just happy to get our first sighting shot in the black, never mind the X ring. The X ring is ten inches, the black 44 inches.
At that range, the 300 range flags lied, the 600 yard were not much better. The mirage was always good, if it was running, if you could see it. When wind conditions turned into a boil, anything could happen between the muzzle and target.
Another range, the long range shooters fire across a huge chasm, and the devil lives in that space, and no one can see the devil, nor predict what he does to their bullet.
This range, the flags point inward to each other, or in any random direction. There are times I can tell there are tubular winds rolling from right to left, or left to right.
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the flag in front of me is pointing at 11 OC, the 600 yard flag is pointing at 7 or 9 OC. An X ring first shot would be total luck and guesswork.
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Now I shoot smallbore prone a couple of times a month, and I can tell you, even across a 100 yard range, wind is not linear. There are air bubbles, barrel rolling winds, invisible dust devils, directional changes, pick ups and let ups that come from no where and will cause a train wreck . I have seen my twenty five yard flag flick, and only my flag flick, which has blown me out of the ten ring at 50 yards. After this happens, I complain to the shooters to my left and right, that it is unfair that they got the wind tunnel firing points!
Dedicated gamblers think they have a method, but the only method they really have, is losing in the long run. They think they are in control, but they are not. You cannot convince delusional people that they are not in control. And anything thinking that he has control of the wind for 775 yards is fooling themselves.
These internet experts, just how where do they place at the F Class Nationals? Consistency, that is 20 shots in the half MOA target at 1000 yards, is pretty darn good. Can Mr Longrange hunter do that?
How many moose did Mr Longrange hunter shoot before he got his bang flop? Think these videos are not edited?