Amazing to read about so many people who admit their wind judging doesn't result in a first-shot, cold-bore hit every time, especially on this forum.
Not sure if you mean you're amazed at the honesty of the posters or you thought everyone who posts here never misjudges the wind?
Doping the wind is the toughest thing in Long Range shooting.
The best rifle shooters in the world can't do it every time either in matches where only first round hits count. Since the Sporting Rifle Match's inception over 10 years ago, 80 matches have been held with an average of about 50 shooters per match. That's around 4000 attempts to engage the 60 target course with one shot per target. No one has hit more than 58 targets at a match and there's only been about 8 scores of 58 shot out of the 4000. David Tubb has been there and shot 56 if I recall.
At the Steel Safari, widely considered the toughest practical Rifle Match in the United States, the winning score is usually on the order of 110 to 120 out of the 162 targets possible
The Cold Bore Stage at any Precision Match always has a bunch of really good shooters that zero it...
I don't care what method a shooter uses to calculate how much his bullet drifts at each wind speed and angle and at which distance, he will still see plenty of missing or shots out of his kill zone simply because it's impossible to perfectly dope the wind 100% of the time.
The answer is to put yourself and your abilities to dope the wind in the top percentile by practicing; shooting matches, shooting in wind.
