more long range:)

[flims]

ok guys, spent a whole day at the range today, weather was fine at 24degrees celcius and with something to drink at my side i was ready to spot and shoot all day.
started out by confirming a 45meter zero and going out slowly confirming my comeups for each distance. the wind was a steady 3-4 mile/hour altough we did have gusts of 6mph and these would at some point blow me off left. wind as you will see on the card was from 1 o'clock . at the 130ish range a
2mile/hour gust over your previous correction will mean 0.5 Mils of right or left which is 7cm(almost 3")

45m starting point
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL888.../315593750.jpg

70m
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL888.../315593759.jpg

90m this one was exceptionally good
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL888.../315593741.jpg

110m notice groups start opening up but very slowly. needless to say i was already giggling.
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL888.../315593755.jpg

some data we where recording
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL888.../315597367.jpg

here is a data sheet showing amount of wind drift for 31grain barracuda at 917ft/s for a 1mile/hour Full Value wind. I have been working on these numbers for a while to see how accurate they are and they seem to work out to about 131m however i need more time at it and some more pellets down range.
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL888.../315600436.jpg

last but not least 8 shots at 145meters (159yards)
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL888.../315597365.jpg

have some more photos to post. some where taken while i was reading wind conditions. a young friend of mine at the club was realy keen to have a go. with rifle all setup and dialed he popped two balloons at 131m and also a packet of cigarettes. needless to say the young shooter was as happy as a lark. I did the spotting and marked the hits on the data sheet then we changed over and the young shooter did a fine job. he's still 14 but will make a great shot in a short while. what i noticed is that 2mph increase in wind at distances beyond 110m will realy upset that nice forming group and it is difficult to sense a difference between 3 and 5mph. at one point we where guessing a wind condition dial up or down according to our previous 3mile/hour reference and squeeze only one shot. we had 3 occasions at 131meters where the first shot was exactly center for windage and just lower or higher by an inch! i was laughing my A$$ off hope you enjoy it and soon another video clip will be on the way.