8 shot Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Has anyone ever see or done any testing on how wind affects shot strings.I ask as i shot a month ago in almost hurricane condition at birds 45/50 yards up and noticed the wad(plastic) as you would expect, go in all directions just wondered how much the wind changed shot strings on cross winds,head on etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangBangNik Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 I've often pondered this.....I've missed some real sitters in strong winds and hope it's the wind effecting the shot and not just my poor shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougall Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 no scientific test,but would be pretty sure there is some impact........not least pigeons are brilliant flyers and can really dance when it is windy so reading the line is harder as well as any impact on the shot........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) I remember firing at a duck on the water once when the wind was blowing a gale. I aimed about a yard in front of it and the shot hit the water about a yard behind it. Edited January 5, 2016 by rjimmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 I was shooting the other week in gale force winds, my mate and me kept missing a clay that stalled in the wind just hanging there that other times just needed shooting at. This day it got the better of me so I kept moving the barrels further into the wind to the point I was a meter past the clay into the wind to break the clay. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I don't think id have believed it. In slower breezes I don't think it makes much if any difference but this day you could barely stand up with out being blown around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangBangNik Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 I makes sense really, when you think that a bullet, which is very heavy when compared to a single pellet can be blown off course the effects would probably be multiplied on a shot pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 If birds are battling into the wind, then so your shot will be. It's tempting to give slow-looking bird less lead, but it probably needs the same amount as normal. That's the conclusion I came to ages ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Birds drift a lot also likely as not more than the shot I think it's an experience thing shooting birds in flight in high winds and perhaps thinking about drift of the shot is just another thing you shouldn't have in your mind. As we know you shouldn't think when shotgunning just do once you commit to taking the shot Rifle is a very different process Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
propercartridges Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 my cartridges don't try some but its a canny excuse if you do miss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STOTTO Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 my cartridges don't try some but its a canny excuse if you do miss I believe the correct term for this phenomenon is called, “####### into the wind”! Which sometimes does not actually have to be blowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8 shot Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I believe the correct term for this phenomenon is called, “####### into the wind”! Which sometimes does not actually have to be blowing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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