Bill Wynne
Active member
Every year when the heat of summer sets in down here in Texas, I begin to question my rifle and my ammo. I always shoot my best in cooler weather which is not world class by any means but in the mid 240s.
It has been very hot here in San Angelo for a while and I have not shot well for the last three weeks.
Well, I put 2 and 2 together and figured it must be the heat was causing thin air and my ammo which was tested in the fall didn't like thinner air.
This afternoon after all my men left I went into my factory area and shot a 50/50 target at 50 yards with my rifle. With it being the hottest part of the day, I figured the rifle would shoot real bad and I would come back about 6 in the morning when it was in the 70s and it would shoot much better.
The temperature stood at 105º in the shop building with no detectable movement of air when I set up to shoot. Other than the heat, the conditions were near perfect. It was good enough to illustrate my theory. I fired three shots off the target and 4 at a sighter target with the last 3 striking the ten ring and then I moved on to the targets that count. The first 24 struck the ten ring with 21 of then hitting the X dot and the last one was a solid nine.
So 24 with 21 Xs and the first miss at 25. Blows the hot air thing away. It must have been the nut behind the bolt misreading the wind again.
Note:
This might have been added to the "Do wind flags lie" thread.
Concho Bill
It has been very hot here in San Angelo for a while and I have not shot well for the last three weeks.
Well, I put 2 and 2 together and figured it must be the heat was causing thin air and my ammo which was tested in the fall didn't like thinner air.
This afternoon after all my men left I went into my factory area and shot a 50/50 target at 50 yards with my rifle. With it being the hottest part of the day, I figured the rifle would shoot real bad and I would come back about 6 in the morning when it was in the 70s and it would shoot much better.
The temperature stood at 105º in the shop building with no detectable movement of air when I set up to shoot. Other than the heat, the conditions were near perfect. It was good enough to illustrate my theory. I fired three shots off the target and 4 at a sighter target with the last 3 striking the ten ring and then I moved on to the targets that count. The first 24 struck the ten ring with 21 of then hitting the X dot and the last one was a solid nine.
So 24 with 21 Xs and the first miss at 25. Blows the hot air thing away. It must have been the nut behind the bolt misreading the wind again.
Note:
This might have been added to the "Do wind flags lie" thread.
Concho Bill