Quote Originally Posted by ray1970 View Post
First, I'll admit this is way beyond my area of expertise.

But, I will toss in my two cents worth. Mixed with a few questions as well.

I used to struggle with mirage back on the gulf coast of Texas. Seems near 100% humidity and temperatures in excess of a hundred degrees combined with heat coming off the barrel produces more than a fair amount of mirage. Especially when shooting at 600 yards or more.

Hard to to get comfortable squeezing off a shot on a blurry, wavy looking target.

I ended up swapping out my scope and dropping my magnification way down to help with the mirage. Made a world of difference.

What magnification were you using? Maybe try dialing it down a bit next time and see what happens?

Not much you can do with the equipment to combat the wind though. That's all about experience and practice. And a little luck never hurts either. (At least in my case.)

Better luck next time, Mike.

Yea.. it was all me today.

Shooting through mirage is not a problem for me. I can see things pretty clearly through my optics.
I was trying (on and off) to use the mirage for wind calling... which was probably the wrong thing to do. I noticed some of my missed shots today were from over compensating on windage.
I was also using the mirage to point out where the wind was blowing.

I think I got a new strategy... I'll be watching the splashes made by misses during the windiest times to get a rough idea where to hold next time. I need to get on that spotting scope when it ain't my turn to shoot

Thanks Brother