12-30-2013, 01:26 AM
Nice. Looks like Arizona to me. Some of the international sniper competitions I compete in or support use silhouettes with freshly-painted camouflage paint, then have dirt thrown on them before the paint dries. You can be staring right at them, and don't know you're looking at them.
One thing that will help you at distance with small plates like this is a scope level. Level your gun in a vice or rest, then hang a plumb line at some distance ahead of the scope. Level the scope, then level your scope level. It will tighten your windage dispersion bigtime.
As to reading the wind, take a formal course that involves competent wind reading instruction. It's an artform in and of itself, and is probably my favorite skill set in long-range shooting, because it requires full use of your senses, staying in the moment, and crunching math quickly.
Trust your ballistics program once you have entered in as detailed data as possible, namely your mv and conditions, along with an appropriate BC. Once you see where you are impacting, you will adjust from there, but modern ballistics programs have been a game-changer in accurate 1st-round hit probability.
One thing that will help you at distance with small plates like this is a scope level. Level your gun in a vice or rest, then hang a plumb line at some distance ahead of the scope. Level the scope, then level your scope level. It will tighten your windage dispersion bigtime.
As to reading the wind, take a formal course that involves competent wind reading instruction. It's an artform in and of itself, and is probably my favorite skill set in long-range shooting, because it requires full use of your senses, staying in the moment, and crunching math quickly.
Trust your ballistics program once you have entered in as detailed data as possible, namely your mv and conditions, along with an appropriate BC. Once you see where you are impacting, you will adjust from there, but modern ballistics programs have been a game-changer in accurate 1st-round hit probability.