Shooting in the Rain

[CP]

I don’t have much experience shooting rifles in rain, how much affect can rain have on velocity and accuracy? 

[jeepasaurusrex]

Studies have been done.. and the effect is little to none. I wouldn't worry about it. 

[road.kill]

Im not exactly sure but ive heard that it doesnt make much of a difference.

If it made a huge difference I dont think anyone west of the cascades would ever hit a deer with a rifle 

[addicted]

I met a guy shooting the other day that said that one of the guns was shooting off a bit because it was sunnier that day than the day the gun was sighted in. It as a .308win at 60 yards hitting 6 inches off the bullseye.

[deaddog]

I met a guy shooting the other day that said that one of the guns was shooting off a bit because it was sunnier that day than the day the gun was sighted in. It as a .308win at 60 yards hitting 6 inches off the bullseye.

  :yike:Damn that sun.

[rasbo]

Im not exactly sure but ive heard that it doesnt make much of a difference.

If it made a huge difference I dont think anyone west of the cascades would ever hit a deer with a rifle 

maybe thats why we hit our deer,we are really a bunch of bad shots

[Bofire]

The key is dont slow down, see the deer, get the gun, dont spill yer beer. stick the gun out the window and start shooting towards the deeer.
go up the road, drink another one and smoke some grass, go back look for the deer, dont get out of the truck, if ya cant see it from the road ya musta missed. head for the mini mart for more beer. oh yeah reload. roll yer window up if it is raining.
Carl

[robodad]

The key is dont slow down, see the deer, get the gun, dont spill yer beer. stick the gun out the window and start shooting towards the deeer.
go up the road, drink another one and smoke some grass, go back look for the deer, dont get out of the truck, if ya cant see it from the road ya musta missed. head for the mini mart for more beer. oh yeah reload. roll yer window up if it is raining.
Carl

So your the one that almost ran me off the road !!! 

[Jamieb]

Even a heavy rain wont make a difference.

[thinkingman]

I have thought about this for a long time.
I believe light bullets like 17HMR can get pushed around alot from a raindrop.

[whacker1]

 Makes a difference on my muzzleloader - damn thing won't fire when it rains real hard...

[rasbo]

Im using the new goretex bullit

[robodad]

Im using the new goretex bullit

Better make sure it's ScentLoc too !!! 

[rasbo]

Im using the new goretex bullit

Better make sure it's ScentLoc too !!! 

thats funny,when I clean my muzzy momma gets pissed

[Ghost1941]

Nope, so long as the round remains supersonic, it's rumored the rain doesn't even touch the round due to the speed  it's traveling at creating a funnel that pushes the rain around the edges.  There's an image on Wikepedia I always found interesting when I looked into this awhile back...

This is a picture of a .308 at Mach 2.4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Supersonic_bullet.jpg

[jeepasaurusrex]

Found several pics of supersonic bullets. Some good reading out there on the topic.



This video is pretty cool too.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5aWFcxE30E[/youtube]

[Ghost1941]

That's a cool video.

I wonder what the little chunk in that photo is...Piece of the round break off?

[jeepasaurusrex]

I thought about that also....

[JoshT]

This picture clearly shows why the Barnes TSX is such a sketchy bullet when you get it out past about 400 yards. That's only a cannelure grove causeing the second drag wave... imagine what 3, 4, or 5 deep groves would look like!

You can also see the difference a boattail makes by comparing the turbulence behind the base of each bullet in flight... not hard to see why boattails are so much more ballitically efficient.

Cool pics... thanks for sharing. The picture of the boattail bullet has been the screen saver on my phone for about a year now... nothing cooler than bullets in flight.