Some friends have a shooting golf course set up with shots varying from 100y to 600yards. Wind is usually gusting. But when it is steady I do pretty well even if it is a 15mph crosswind.
We shot our course today and my new 178 AMAX load performed very well but I ended up chasing it a lot in gusting wind. I'd over judge wind and miss upwind. Then hold closer and still miss upwind. Or the windspeed would increase and I'd hold the same and still miss upwind. The wind around here gusts a lot and we shoot over a little valley. I think the wind swirls in it quite a bit and the wind that affects the bullet is difficult to feel from where we shoot.
One of the most frustrating shots was around 330y across the valley with a sidewind. Wind was gusting between 5-18 mph, guessing. I couldn't hit a 4 inch wide target. I could hit a 8" wide target at the same location, but not ever time.
Do you have any advice? I have been thinking of upgrading to the 12LRP in 260 rem. I ran the numbers and a 140AMAX at 2900fps has about 2/3 the wind drift of my current load. I believe that this difference would cause most of my near misses to be hits.
Current setup is SPS Tactical 20" 178AMAX, shoots well under MOA. Ran the OCW test and all groups around this one had very near POI.
We shot our course today and my new 178 AMAX load performed very well but I ended up chasing it a lot in gusting wind. I'd over judge wind and miss upwind. Then hold closer and still miss upwind. Or the windspeed would increase and I'd hold the same and still miss upwind. The wind around here gusts a lot and we shoot over a little valley. I think the wind swirls in it quite a bit and the wind that affects the bullet is difficult to feel from where we shoot.
One of the most frustrating shots was around 330y across the valley with a sidewind. Wind was gusting between 5-18 mph, guessing. I couldn't hit a 4 inch wide target. I could hit a 8" wide target at the same location, but not ever time.
Do you have any advice? I have been thinking of upgrading to the 12LRP in 260 rem. I ran the numbers and a 140AMAX at 2900fps has about 2/3 the wind drift of my current load. I believe that this difference would cause most of my near misses to be hits.
Current setup is SPS Tactical 20" 178AMAX, shoots well under MOA. Ran the OCW test and all groups around this one had very near POI.