The three way wind thing can be tricky but by adjusting for the wind (mostly) closer to the target where the bullet is most effected by it (losing speed) one can account for it. I also bracket the target which maximizes the hit probability in conditions like that, but I'll not go into that now.
Thanks for commenting, most don't find posts like this at all interesting, or understand them, so don't comment much or with substance like you have.
It really is interesting to me and I don't pretend to know a lot about it, but I will now and forever be studying and learning about a great many subjects, including this one. I think it's the physics of it that gets my mind going.
It's to your credit that things that may not have been on your radar previously have found their way onto it.
With long range shooting it's physics, chemistry (I make my own ammunition), aerodynamics, environmental, physical/self-mastery/discipline, and other such things that culminate to arc a bullet a mile and more onto a target with a high hit-probabikity and repeatability. It's actually quite fascinating and rewarding...and I'm just a scrubber who knows just a thing or two after 35+ years.
There's many books available, I have studied using most of them, but the one below is good. Having said that, it assumes a certain level of understanding so might be a bit much for someone not quite there yet.
"Applied Ballistics for Long Range Shooting" Bryan Litz
For 'just a scrubber who knows just a thing or two' you are a treasure trove of information. I imagine you've spent thousands of hours studying and perfecting your craft and have sent many, many thousands of rounds down range.
When you said you make your own ammunition, it reminded me of watching my dad at his reloading bench. I was small at the time and it seems to me it was shotgun shells he was working on. Sadly, I didn't pay much attention after that...one of the many things I regret not pursuing from my folks.
I think it's a good skill to have and, at worst, a good thing to know at least something about. Most people go through their lives pretty clueless about doing things for themselves other than checking their likes on Facebook, taking selfies, buying things on line and other such things...automation has really dumbed people down. Not all, just most people. Knowing how to do stuff is important to me and so I work at it...I'm also really good at some of those things. :)
I like that line of thinking. Knowing how to do stuff is important to me as well, and I pick a subject and try to learn as much about it as I can, at least enough to put the knowledge to good use when needed. There is so much I don't know and it would take a hundred lifetimes to learn everything. Unfortunately, this one lifetime I have been given is eeking it's way toward the end (not for several years yet though), and I just don't know how much more knowledge I can cram into this enormous brain I have 😂😉
I think that if people are able (of mind) and choose not to continue to learn it's time to check out all together.
I get your comment about the end, I mean I'm not old, but at 55 (only just) I am certainly closer to the end, maybe 20 years away. I'll keep learning though, however my brain is miniscule compared to what's in your massive melon.