Wind effects on bullets????

[Dcrafton]

Simple question??
Does the wind have more effect on the bullet at the rifle or the target when shooting long range either at the range or hunting?


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[MuleyFever]

If you look at the calculation out to your desired range you could see the effect per 100 yards or whatever you wanted. I would guess that the effect would be greater per distance interval closer to the target.

 

[huntnful]

At the rifle. if it's blown off path at the rifle barrel, it continues that trajectory for the whole distance. As opposed to a crosswind in a canyon half way there. Then it's redirected for roughly half it's flight.

 

[Dcrafton]

So, if your reading the wind before the shot, the wind is more critical at the shooter than at the target. If you identify the wind directly at the rifle to be 1 o’clock but 2 o’clock at the target, do you still dial or hold for the 1 o’clock


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[MuleyFever]

So, if your reading the wind before the shot, the wind is more critical at the shooter than at the target


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I would agree with the other posts in this situation. Wind at the shooter will have a greater effect on the bullet path over the distance than a wind further down range.