How Much Does Wind Really Affect Grouping

[Funnybucker]

How much should wind really affect grouping with a 177 rifle at 23 mtrs .......

My garden is surrounded by fence and I'm shooting from below the fence line (everybody comments on how sheltered it seems there) and granted it's been very windy generally over the last few months but should it really affect your POI that much at such a relatively short distance??????

[madcarlos]

How much should wind really affect grouping with a 177 rifle at 23 mtrs .......

My garden is surrounded by fence and I'm shooting from below the fence line (everybody comments on how sheltered it seems there) and granted it's been very windy generally over the last few months but should it really affect your POI much at much at such a relatively short distance??????

Yes really. It could blow the pellet and possibly the gun even without noticing, 22cal as much as 177.

[Jonjon79]

On wet and windy days I shoot from the worktop, just inside the kitchen, at targets in the back of the shed. The pellets cross 27yrds of open ground.

My back garden is about 10yrds wide with 6ft fences either side. When we set off some fireworks last November, I could really see how the wind hits my garden and spirals along it.

Unless the wind is really bad, it doesn't seem to have much effect on my .177s. However, when I shoot a similar distance at the local club, over an open range, it is more noticeable.

[angrybear]

Can't comment on your garden but a side wind will not only move the pellet sideways it will also either hold it up or push it down depending on whether it's with or against the spin.

as it seldom blows a steady speed any fluctuations will have either greater or lesser effect on specific shots so will open your grouping.

[Rich]

A 10mph side wind will typically open out your group size to 30mm, if it's a gusting wind. And the more shots you shoot, the bigger the group will likely be.

[Funnybucker]

Cheers for the comments, whilst it's not realistically possible it'd be brilliant if you could have a tracer on them and a camera that you could slo mo and test it on a day with no wind and one with lots of wind in different scenarios like open field with cross wind and straight into wind which probably has a greater effect than one might think, then sheltered garden ie below fence lines on the same day and then no wind ....... be quite interesting to see just how much of an effect it has in all the different scenarios

I would have thought gusting is probably the worst as there's no consistency.