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Montana Pete
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My son who knows I like target shooting purchased a Christmas gift for me-- a digital anemometer. An anemometer is an instrument to measure wind speed. This device was NOT cheap. The receipt in the box indicates my son paid $34 for the little instrument. So I am assuming it is of decent quality.
This device is small enough to hold in the hand. It is about the size of an elongated cigarette lighter. It will give an instant read as to wind speed or -- maybe more useful -- give an average wind speed over a period of between 2 to 10 seconds -- settable.
When I set up to shoot and there's a wind, I can now use this device to record an accurate value. My range notes will now have actual measurements instead of "whacko" guesses. Of course, the direction of the wind would also be needed -- at right angles to the flight of the bullet, quartering toward or away from the target, etc.
Wind notes for each string, combined with bullet hole results on specific targets, might even help to estimate wind deflection at various ranges with a particular rifle and load combination.
Well, I don't know whether this anemometer is going to be very valuable or not, but I will take it to the range along with my chronograph, spotting scope, and other support equipment in the hopes that it will improve the value of my range notes.
Let me know if anyone else has made use of such an instrument.
Thanks--
This device is small enough to hold in the hand. It is about the size of an elongated cigarette lighter. It will give an instant read as to wind speed or -- maybe more useful -- give an average wind speed over a period of between 2 to 10 seconds -- settable.
When I set up to shoot and there's a wind, I can now use this device to record an accurate value. My range notes will now have actual measurements instead of "whacko" guesses. Of course, the direction of the wind would also be needed -- at right angles to the flight of the bullet, quartering toward or away from the target, etc.
Wind notes for each string, combined with bullet hole results on specific targets, might even help to estimate wind deflection at various ranges with a particular rifle and load combination.
Well, I don't know whether this anemometer is going to be very valuable or not, but I will take it to the range along with my chronograph, spotting scope, and other support equipment in the hopes that it will improve the value of my range notes.
Let me know if anyone else has made use of such an instrument.
Thanks--
