Best book on wind?

melchloboo · Post by **melchloboo** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:58 pm

What are the best book(s) on wind for smallbore prone and/or NRA High Power?

I tried search function but didn't see any posts...surely this has been asked here before..

Thanks!

Levergun59 · Post by **Levergun59** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:55 am

Many moons ago I took an 8 week course from Jim Owens at the Mitchell military side of the airbase in Milwaukee. I think the course was $40.00 and at the end of the course there was a NRA highpower shoot at Racine county line. It was one day a week for four hours. He brought in guest speakers like Jack Kreiger, Boots Obermeyer, Mike Bykowski [Trigger and armorour} ect. We took two hours looking at mirage and guaging wind speed, direction and cycling from a camera mounted on a Spotting scope at Perry. Neat course, and he goes all over the country doing these presentations. He wrote a small manual called Reading the Wind which is still available through a number of places like Champion's Choice. Hope this helps.
Chris

dmdattner · Post by **dmdattner** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:46 am

I'm principally a Highpower shooter; my personal favorite is Prone and Long Range Rifle Shooting by Nancy Tompkins.

Derek

WesternGrizzly · Post by **WesternGrizzly** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:12 pm

You dont really need a book. There are plenty of resources on the web about wind reading.
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nra/ssusa_201103/#/0

There arent any secret tricks to reading the wind. You just need to know the principles and then go do it and get expierence.
Matt

RobStubbs · Post by **RobStubbs** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:04 am

WesternGrizzly wrote:You dont really need a book. There are plenty of resources on the web about wind reading.
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nra/ssusa_201103/#/0

There arent any secret tricks to reading the wind. You just need to know the principles and then go do it and get expierence.
Matt

There may not be secrets but there are different ways to deal with the conditions. Some shooters for example choose specific wind conditions to shoot in and wait out those that aren't optimal whereas others will shade from different directions according to the wind at the time. You then need to apply those methods to the way you shoot matches. No good for example waiting for the ideal conditions if you're a slow shooter, or you're 60-shot matches involves 3 different 20 minute x 20 shot details.

Rob.

hawaii852 · Post by **hawaii852** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 6:46 am

I like "The Wind Book" by Linda Miller and Keith Cunningham... http://www.milcun.com/pubs.html

Peter_Scant · Post by **Peter_Scant** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:18 pm

[quote="WesternGrizzly"]You dont really need a book. There are plenty of resources on the web about wind reading.
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nra/ssusa_201103/#/0

There arent any secret tricks to reading the wind. You just need to know the principles and then go do it and get expierence.
Matt[/quote]

Another good online reference is found here [url] http://www.targetshooting.co.nz/ubbthre ... l#Post4332 [/url]

melina · Post by **melina** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:58 pm

In addition to Nancy's book, I think the DVD "Winning in the Wind" by Lones Wigger and Lanny Bassham is excellent as well. Between the two, you'll have an great base of techniques to practice and build upon. I think Champion's Choice carries it.