official wind indicator flags

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This topic pops up occasionally at our club, and each time I try to find information, it is all Stateside.
Does anyone have any information r contact info, prices et., on official range wind flags that would be available in Canada?
I'm talking about the ones that are 12' long and pennant shaped.
We currently are using inexpensive 5' Canadian flags, they wear out and have to be replaced about yearly , but they are inexpensive.
Many in our club would like to see official pennants however.
Any information would be welcome.
Cat
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You could try contacting the DCRA or NRA UK (probably very expensive). If anything they might be able to give you the specs and have them made locally. Pretty sure that you want canvas flags and not the nylon flags. Centerthe group made new flags for the CFRC one year. They were so stiff it was easy to shoot a Maggie without seeing a wind change. If fact instead of calling it a Maggie they called it a Bawden.
 
ICFRA Rules

Flag layout and specification for all-distance new-build ranges F1. Wind Flags should be not less than 12 foot 6 inches2 in length and should be made of woven polyester bunting with weight close to 165 grams per square metre. Note that some other synthetic materials which are not woven may be less permeable to the wind and hence fly higher for a given wind speed. The all-range specification for ranges which do not have pre-existing flags is: A truncated pennant fabricated from 'Admiralty woven (or spun) polyester bunting' of a nominal weight of 165 g per sq m (do NOT allow a lighter substitute!!). The dimensions should be: Length 12' 6', depth at the hoist 5 ft, depth at the fly 12" and the flags should be coloured blue over yellow3. They should be flown from a standard flag rope and hoist and not be anchored to the flagpole. F2. Flagpoles must be provided on both flanks of the range and may be provided on the centre line of the range providing there is sufficient clearance afforded by a gap in the line of targets displayed. The clearance between the centre line of the edge targets and the nearest flag line must not be less than 7 metres. Flagpoles should be mounted in two (or more) files at the following distances up range from the line of the targets:- 35, 200, 365, 530, 695 and 860 yards (or metres on metric ranges). Flagpoles should be 7.5 m tall or such a height as will allow the flag to be flown 7m above the muzzle to targetcentre line. All flagpoles must be visible from all firing points. It is permissible to tailor flagpole heights so that flags are flown at the height of the trajectory of a round fired from 1000 yards at the point in question.
 
boxhitch said:
like these? https://bagsbybandy.com/nra-range-flags/
we opted for smaller biathlon style, for sure not 'regulated'

Proper wind socks can indicate direction as well as speed
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yes thanks, I have looked at that company as well as others Stateside, I am looking for someone in Canada that can do it.
The charts that we use in fullbore and Fclass are built so the shooter can look at them and estimate the wind in MOA, which is what I am looking for, not a wind sock.
Cat
 
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