Shooting in the Wind

Today's range time gave me some practice in windy conditions.  There was a fairly consistent medium+ wind coming from 10 o'clock occasionally swinging to 8 o'clock, and I was shooting at targets placed at 100 and 200 yards with the Savage 17HMR using Hornady 17GR ballistic tip bullets.

At 17 grains the 17HMR round is pushed pretty easily by the wind...I noticed it at 100 yards (where I typically shoot)....but out at 200 yards the effect was definitely apparent.  Some poking around online showed a 15" drift at 200 yards from a 10MPH wind.  Pretty substantial!  This little round is great for experiencing wind effect...a great training aid!  {The .223 round I use in the AR-15 would only drift about 3 inches at 200 yards in a 10MPH wind.}

This is100 yards...(the unlabeled shots are my initial group, followed by orange, then 12 clicks left for yellow, and then 8 clicks to the right (resulting in 4 clicks left from my initial) for the final group in green)...

This is 200 yards...(initial shots are in orange (3 of which are out of frame), followed by the yellow at 12 clicks left, and green 12 clicks low)...

As for elevation at 200 yards, I botched up the mental math, and added 12 clicks down, when I should have gone for 6...I would have been spot on in elevation had I made the correct adjustment.  Good fun none the less!

The net result required 12 clicks left at 200 yards, and 4 clicks left at 100 yards to correct for the wind (the wind conditions change beyond 100 yards at my shooting range as the treeline stops at about 70 yards).