Originally Posted by
Deputy Dan
a0cake gave you excellent info.
I shoot 6mmBR at Shippensburg PA, and winds there are a bitch most of the time. Clinch River 106gr VLDs help at 600+.
Went to College there!
Lived at 26 East Bird St.
Shot mostly down at Caledonia near the reservoir, never did any shooting in Shipp.
but personal things aside, how adversely does a no-value wind, say a head-wind, affect effective range? If there is a 20 mph head wind, how would that affect overall range?
I guess what I've getting at is, if you know the overall effective range of your specific set-up and ammunition, you could essentially "cheat" a little more out of it by firing with the wind correct?
I relate it to flying an aircraft. I've seen aircraft with ground speeds over mach1, but airspeed's of less than 450 knots because of a super strong tail wind up in the gulf stream, which gets you there X amount faster with Y amount less fuel consumption.
Last edited by Reagans Rascals; 01-07-12 at 14:54.
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