Thread: Wind in the Mountains

Now you can start to understand why some of us are moving away from the "little" calibres & into the "bigger" ones.
There is a big gain to be had from shooting a heavy high BC bullet over a light high BC bullet.
The worse the conditions the bigger the advantage.
To me it appears to be a little more gained than the ballistic tables typically show.
If shooting at game that is an important advantage.
In the hills it is nigh-on impossible to pick the wind accurately once you start to get out a way.
In little old NZ that is what we have, that is how it is.
In the States they can be so far from the sea & a hill/mountain that we can't even begin to comprehend the conditions.
Wind at "pick a value" coming from "pick an angle" constantly for hours/days makes things a lot easier.
That is why you hear the term "canyon country" used, NZ is mostly canyon country.

Recent advances in projectile, stock & muzzle brake designs, to name a few, have made the "bigger" calibres even more inviting