And I do mean a paper target. Just curious. I'm gluing to shoot long range targets for the first time in years. I have only fired in cool weather before, but now I will be shooting in central Texas. I suspect it would be waste of time. Probably better to wait until October or so.

Temperature doesn't have much to do with it. Higher temperature alone usually makes it easier to shoot long range because the DA is higher.

If you're talking about mirage, then that is a temperature differential, usually caused by the sun warming up the ground relative to the surrounding air. So in the morning or evening mirage is usually not bad, or if it's overcast. Some of the worst mirage I've ever seen was in january.

So I don't think it would be a wast of time. Have fun!

Wow. I would not have guessed. Thanks.

Mirage is worse the higher the humidity. Lots of shooters complain about it, but I find it makes long range hits much easier because it shows the composite wind direction and magnitude.

If I can't see mirage, I spin the side parallax knob to focus about halfway between me and my target, judge the wind, spin it back to focus, and shoot. Works great.

I believe that the short answer to the OP is: It doesn't look like a target at all (with mirage). There is no recognizable aiming point. That's the problem! And, what image there is, is moving! I have not tried azwriter's trick.
Peter.

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Originally posted by LongDistanceOperator:
And I do mean a paper target. Just curious. I'm gluing to shoot long range targets for the first time in years. I have only fired in cool weather before, but now I will be shooting in central Texas. I suspect it would be waste of time. Probably better to wait until October or so.

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Originally posted by Peter:
I believe that the short answer to the OP is: It doesn't look like a target at all (with mirage). There is no recognizable aiming point. That's the problem! And, what image there is, is moving! I have not tried azwriter's trick.
Peter.

I will agree precise aiming is difficult, so whenever there is mirage I don't test loads (my standard load development is done at 500 yards). Shooters often forget mirage slightly displaces the target image in the direction of the mirage.