What to aim at with mirage?

[sniper79_98]

i had a lot of mirage today while shooting. My 6” target became a blur at 700 yards. The target was a green sticker stuck on a cardboard box. What should I be aiming at and realistically expected a hit? Or, what is my best chance for a hit at longer ranges? Should I be using an 18”x30” target because of the mirage? It’s difficult for me to focus that 6” target at 27x with so much distortion. Any tips are appreciated!

 

[6.5SH]

Good discussion, links and a video here:

Heavy Mirage Calcs

With the onset of spring and soon summer temps in most of the country it will become necessary to start accounting again for intermediate and heavy mirage in elevation and windage in our Calcs. My goal this year is to become proficient in reading heavy mirage ( I got decent last fall at reading...

www.snipershide.com

 

[KZP]

Try pulling back zoom to between 10x and 16x

 

[sniper79_98]

Good discussion, links and a video here:

Heavy Mirage Calcs

With the onset of spring and soon summer temps in most of the country it will become necessary to start accounting again for intermediate and heavy mirage in elevation and windage in our Calcs. My goal this year is to become proficient in reading heavy mirage ( I got decent last fall at reading...

www.snipershide.com

Thank you. I’ll check it out.

 

[1911hombre]

Everything else aside, aim at the bottom of the image in regards to elevation.

 

[sniper79_98]

Everything else aside, aim at the bottom of the image in regards to elevation.

TONS of information. This is what I was looking for. I’ll try and get better but I needed somewhere to start lol.

 

[Tmm01]

Keith does a good job of explaining the voodoo.

 

[sniper79_98]

Awesome video. What he’s describing is exactly what I’m seeing. He makes a lot of sense.

 

[Paradox]

i had a lot of mirage today while shooting. My 6” target became a blur at 700 yards. The target was a green sticker stuck on a cardboard box. What should I be aiming at and realistically expected a hit? Or, what is my best chance for a hit at longer ranges? Should I be using an 18”x30” target because of the mirage? It’s difficult for me to focus that 6” target at 27x with so much distortion. Any tips are appreciated!

Are you shooting prone?

 

[sniper79_98]

No, I’m shooting off of a bench. After reading some more, I think my diopter may have been out of focus. I hadn’t adjusted it correctly and was about 1/4 turn from where I needed to be.

 

[Paradox]

No, I’m shooting off of a bench. After reading some more, I think my diopter may have been out of focus. I hadn’t adjusted it correctly and was about 1/4 turn from where I needed to be.

Higher Off the ground the less effect but if you’re somewhere like Florida when it’s 97° and 80% humidity it’s pretty much potluck as when you can’t see you can’t say I really don’t think there’s a whole Lotta hardware or simple trick to fix it it is what it is

 

[sniper79_98]

I’m in North Carolina . It’s pretty humid here too. No, nothing that I’ve found works except shooting early in the morning.

 

[Sogan]

Keith does a good job of explaining the voodoo.

He makes it seem so simple. Very well explained.