S&C TV | Gary Chillingworth | How to shoot in the wind (with a sub 12ft/lbs air rifle)

In this episode of Shooting & Country TV, Gary Chillingworth takes an in depth look at how to shoot in the wind with a sub-12ft/lb air rifle. Gary takes us through the equipment you can use to help you shoot in windy conditions, and some of the tips and tricks you can use when shooting in the wind on an FT or HFT course. PLUS, the Whiteboard of Knowledge is back by popular demand! This time, Gary uses it to explain the finer points of shooting in a quartering wind.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Start
0:24 Intro
1:45 Know your gun
8:15 Preparation
9:00 Wind at different ranges
12:27 Quartering wind
17:53 Windicators
19:45 Foliage
21:50 Use the string dummy
26:47 High and Low targets
29:33 Read the history
31:40 Conclusion
32:56 End

[@PaulGSXR]

That intro had me in stitches 🤣

[@dkjngl1]

Excellent. I was going to skip the club tomorrow due to the wind, might go after all. Cheers

[@BionicRusty]

Some great tips, Chilly. 👍 Thanks for taking the time on this. 🙏 My local range is open and we once made the mistake of putting out some feathers at set distances. They were shot out. So we put some more out with a note by them saying they’re here for wind targeting assistance. They were shot out. The moral of the story? Join a closed club.

[@MrHITACHI75]

Brilliant tips Gary 👍👍especially now at the moment with all this high winds that we're having

[@brynybach7741]

Thank you Gary, probably the most informative video on shooting in wind that I've ever seen. All excellent tips. Thank you again, every day is a school day. Thanks to your video's, I've now gone and bought a new .177 Air Arms TX200HC and absolutely loving it. As a long standing PCP user (with several of those rifles) I'm enjoying a completely new adventure. 🙂👍

[@markhomer5704]

Fantastic stuff .. great viewing .. and bloody funny in parts ( the beginning mainly ) ...

[@garychillingworth]

If I ever end up dead, I think the fuzz will be looking for Emily.

[@32leatherneck]

Excellent video. I absolutely enjoy watching your videos. I shoot a TX200 regularly and your videos have been very informative and enjoyable to watch. I have a new favorite channel now. I live in the US and you have inspired me to try my hand at HFT shooting.

[@garychillingworth]

You won't regret it buddy. What Ftlbs is your TX?

[@32leatherneck]

@@garychillingworth My TX is right about 15.25 Ft Lbs.

[@lindsayheyes925]

Great video. Here's something else... Catabatic wind: The wind comes over a brow, wall, or corpulent buddy, and forms a horizontal vortex in the lee. Low down, the wind blows towards the hill, wall or buddy; Higher up, it blows upwards close to the object; but downwards further away from it; just above it blows in the opposite and ambient direction to that close to the ground. Along a wall, there will be a neutral wind at along the centre-line of the vortex. If the wind is constant it will generate a heterodyne, with the wind coming over the top being reinforced by the wind from the vortex, so the vortex will increase its rotation - which is what generates aeolian howl - so the wind in the vortex can be much stronger than ambient. This is why we should all have the utmost respect for rescue helicopter pilots working near mountain escarpments and arrêtes.

[@ShootingCountryTV]

OK, i'm going to fire up my second braincell and think about that, but it looks very interesting. Chilly

[@lindsayheyes925]

@@ShootingCountryTV 😂

[@MudMaxMetalDetecting]

Great video Gary. I need to do more experimenting in windy conditions and still have a lot to learn. As you said at the start, practice practice practice. ATB MMMD

[@garychillingworth]

I've learnt loads from making the video and listening to you lot. That's part of the reason I love doing these, it's making me a better shooter.

[@stevenfreeman7798]

Thank you for all the hard work well done .

[@danielferraro59]

another fantastic vid 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@salopsniper22]

Yes please Garry for both pellet weight & calibre 👍

[@petercopley1242]

Very interesting 👍

[@gallantone1535]

A good session on the squirrels. Unfortunately won't be at the show this year as it is to expensive, if you include the parking and booking fee. I normally spend money at the show .It is a sales show after all,so i think they are taking advantages

[@pip669]

Could we have a 22 springer !! Lots of fun ....

[@marshallart113]

Have to be honest .. I'm watching this on auto play.. this vid came on .. shooting in the wind.. ..practice.. cue music I thought yep top tip.. 😂 but the perfect wind vid ❤

[@ShootingCountryTV]

Cheers, Emily did threaten me though :-) -

[@ianhunter55]

Hi Gary, some great tips, but it's "Preparation" like separation, use a not e after ep. Can we have spin rates and pellet velocity as I'm sure there is a correlation in order to maintain a more stable pellet in flight, thanks.

[@barry5787]

Similar to potting a course at sea.

[@samtucker615]

One video I would like to see does leaving a springer cocked have an affect on the spring. eg leaving it cocked waiting for quarry

[@dkjngl1]

I had a slightly overpowered 97 and left it cocked (not loaded) for progressively longer periods to see if it would drop the power without having to cut a coil off the spring. In the end left it cocked for a week and the power barely dropped 1/4 ftlb.

[@geetee50]

could I ask how does wind behind the gun blowing at say 30mph can speed up a pellet traveling at 500mph?

[@dlh1947us]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@jaymann2076]

PrepEration? Is this a test to see if we are paying attention?Enjoying your series, I just got a 97k and am improving by using your advice. Thanks

[@garychillingworth]

Great news Jay. To be honest, I rushed this one through a bit as I wanted to get it out as there are some big winds coming. Glad you are enjoying the 97, it's a great rifle.

[@WallyHale21]

Damn, you beat me to it 🤣

[@WallyHale21]

P.S. Quartering 😉

[@garychillingworth]

Bugger, can't believe I missed that :-)

[@FeathersMcGraw1]

Great tips Gary. I might even go out tomorrow and practice. What tips would you suggest in an 80mph Cross wind? ;-)

[@garychillingworth]

Duck and a crash helmet.

[@Mark-zv3dj]

Yeah, i will bite, I would like to see a smack down between .177 vs. .22 pellets and heavy vs. light pellets, thanks very much.

[@L.V-Rider]

Wind? What wind? Where I live we don't get much wind, only light breeze during mid-day, mornings and afternoons it is quiet. About 2 months during the year we get strong wind but then it is raining as well. So, I don't get much experience with shooting in the wind.

[@Amack1966]

Not wanting to be pedantic, it is preparation, not preperation 🤣

[@Professor-Jack]

I’m falling a sleep Check out me shooting my delta wolf at airgun sniper elite and yes it’s sub 12 at 90 not 80ys as I was shooting across the range 2” targets bullet on bullet as our range is the ART accuracy research team for daystate watch the hole video nothing edited I say very little I let my talent take over As the meerkats would say simples enjoy 👍. O ye H&N terminator s just over 7gr s wind what wind I never complain I use the wind as I see fit the wind bends to my will period

[@samtucker615]

No point in doing 177 vs 22 sub 12. 177 wins all day long

[@garychillingworth]

I would agree, but for rats .22 is definitely better.

[@samtucker615]

@@garychillingworth squirrels and rat at set range on a feeder or a bait spot no hold over/under probems