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Reading The Wind / Wind Probe

I just got a Pnematically dampened wind probe. It shows the "push factor". Not a reading in MPH, but a relative indicator. The idea being (@ least as I understand it), Observe and select the most commonly seen positions for both the flag and probe. Zero the scope for those 2 simutanously occuring conditions. This is when to shoot. If things go sideways (like in pic #2), wait for your flag & probe to come back to where you have zeroed for. The brave & the bold can try to figure where to hold off for every different noted condition...good luck w/ that one! :eek:

Does anyone else use a wind probe, and if so, how do you use it?



Here is one view w/ a windflag


And this one just a minute later!
 
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Wind Probe

The wind probe doesn't tell when to shoot, but when not to shoot.
 
ultramag44 said:
I just got a Pnematically dampened wind probe. It shows the "push factor". Not a reading in MPH, but a relative indicator. The idea being (@ least as I understand it), Observe and select the most commonly seen positions for both the flag and probe. Zero the scope for those 2 simutanously occuring conditions. This is when to shoot. If things go sideways (like in pic #2), wait for your flag & probe to come back to where you have zeroed for. The brave & the bold can try to figure where to hold off for every different noted condition...good luck w/ that one! :eek:

Does anyone else use a wind probe, and if so, how do you use it?
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Where did you get this beastie??

It looks interesting.
 
ultramag44 said:
Does anyone else use a wind probe, and if so, how do you use it?
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Many people use "Wind Probes" and what you have there is a just another variation on the original. If memory serves me correctly Gene Beggs made and marketed the original (which had damping BTW). I don't know why he quit making them , but it is likely because so many people were just copying the idea. I personally do not use them but I just think credit is due where credit is due .

Dick
 
Dick Grosbier said:
Many people use "Wind Probes" and what you have there is a just another variation on the original. If memory serves me correctly Gene Beggs made and marketed the original (which had damping BTW). I don't know why he quit making them , but it is likely because so many people were just copying the idea. I personally do not use them but I just think credit is due where credit is due .

Dick
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Dick,

Dan Killough at this link: KSS
is currently producing and selling Gene's "Wind Probe" with his permission.

Landy
 
kkuperman said:
The wind probe doesn't tell when to shoot, but when not to shoot.
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There is a lot of truth in this. Based on sighter shots, you want to adjust your aim and shoot only while the probe readings remain the same. When the probe readings change, stop shooting. If the new condition seems steady, go back to the sighter and establish a new adjustment that you can use until the wind changes again. Basically the same procedure you would use with flags alone, except that the decision about whether to shoot or not is now based on more information, specifically crosswind speed read by the probes, as well as wind direction based on the flags.

You can, tentatively, take this one step farther. After some experience with your probes, you may learn the probe readings that cause particular amounts of wind drift. With my probes, for instance, a reading at the first mark off the middle pushes shots to the edge of the ten ring at 100 and to the edge of the 9 ring at 200. This is if all the probes from the bench to the target read the same. If they don't, which is often the case, weight the ones closer to the bench more. Always remember that the flags and probes are only sampling the wind in a few places that are close to, but not exactly on, the path of the bullet. The actual wind that matters may be different from what the flags and probes are sampling, especially during shifts. When in doubt, the safest thing to do is to go back to the sighter.

When the clock is ticking down and the flags and probes are switching so fast that you don't have time for a sighter, you can benefit from calibrating hold-offs to particular probe readings. It doesn't always work, but is some times the best you can do.

Hope this helps,
Keith
 
kkuperman said:
The wind probe doesn't tell when to shoot, but when not to shoot.
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I can kind of see your point kkuperman. I figured out real quick when the push was something atypical, to not shoot!

What I did was to observe the way both the probe and flag reacted for awhile. I noted the most commonly seen positions for both the flag and probe. I then zeroed the scope for when those 2 conditions were occuring simutanously. This is when I shot.
 
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