01-31-2019, 09:08 PM
What LR1955 said.
I do a lot of spotting for people and have done so now regularly since 1995.
Reading the wind and giving accurate holds or click values for a shooter (including yourself) is the most difficult, perishable skill in long range shooting.
What I do is model my thinking off of the F-15, F-16, and F/A-18 Lead Computing Optical Sight Heads Up Display mode. I basically give the shooter hold numbers as the wind is doing what it is doing, and the hold call is the shot.
Once we're both on glass and have communicated such, it goes like this...
"1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.6, 1.4, 1.4, 1.3, 1.5....."
They know to hold into the wind and make the shot on whatever call I've given them. I'm watching flags, mirage, and any indicators I can see, then factor in their actual shot once they break a shot and crunch that into my holds.
I enjoy reading and calling the wind, as it is the bottleneck critical skill for success in this discipline, on top of some additional things you need to add to fundamentals (bubble level check).
I do a lot of spotting for people and have done so now regularly since 1995.
Reading the wind and giving accurate holds or click values for a shooter (including yourself) is the most difficult, perishable skill in long range shooting.
What I do is model my thinking off of the F-15, F-16, and F/A-18 Lead Computing Optical Sight Heads Up Display mode. I basically give the shooter hold numbers as the wind is doing what it is doing, and the hold call is the shot.
Once we're both on glass and have communicated such, it goes like this...
"1.5, 1.5, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.6, 1.4, 1.4, 1.3, 1.5....."
They know to hold into the wind and make the shot on whatever call I've given them. I'm watching flags, mirage, and any indicators I can see, then factor in their actual shot once they break a shot and crunch that into my holds.
I enjoy reading and calling the wind, as it is the bottleneck critical skill for success in this discipline, on top of some additional things you need to add to fundamentals (bubble level check).
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CCW, CQM, DM, Long Range Rifle Instructor
6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
www.AR15buildbox.com