About Graham Wind Flags
For over 20 years, Graham Wind Flags has been helping competitive shooters read the wind and shoot with greater confidence.
Our wind flags are designed by shooters, built by shooters, and used by shooters who understand that in benchrest competition, the smallest change in wind can make the difference between an average group and a record-breaking one.
Graham Wind Flags are designed to provide shooters with fast, easy-to-read information about changing range conditions, helping you make better decisions behind the rifle and compete at the highest levels of the sport.
Originally designed and developed by founder Rick Graham, Graham Wind Flags entered its next chapter in early 2019, when Matt Spradlin took ownership of the company. Today, Matt continues the tradition Rick established, combining proven Graham designs with his own competitive shooting experience and passion for precision and accuracy.
Both Rick and Matt share a genuine commitment to the benchrest shooting community and to providing shooters with the tools they need to better understand one of the most challenging parts of precision shooting—the wind.
More than 20 years of experience. Built by shooters. Proven on the range.
About Matt Spradlin – Owner/Operator
Shooting and the pursuit of accuracy have been a part of my life for a long time, even if the path hasn’t always been a straight one.
I spent the majority of my career working with the U.S. Air Force and as an Air Force contractor, and I’ve been fortunate to spend much of that time doing work I genuinely enjoy. Taking ownership of Graham Wind Flags in early 2019 gave me the opportunity to bring that same passion and commitment to another important part of my life—the shooting sports.
My competitive shooting journey started many moons ago in 4-H four-position rimfire. Like it does for many people, life eventually got busy, and the Air Force had plans of its own. Competitive shooting took a back seat, and more than 20 years passed before I found my way back.
That changed when my father retired from his gunsmithing business and sent me my old Remington 513T. With that rifle, a box of Eley ammunition, and a trip back to the range, the passion for accuracy came right back—and it hasn’t left since.
My primary disciplines are short-range benchrest. Along the way, I’ve been fortunate enough to earn a few awards and shoot some pretty small groups, but I’ll never claim to know everything about these sports. There is always something new to learn, another condition to figure out, and another opportunity to become a better shooter.
At the end of the day, I’m simply a shooter who has a genuine passion for accuracy, competition, and the shooting sports. That passion is what I bring to Graham Wind Flags and every product we build.
Built by shooters who understand that the pursuit of accuracy never really ends.
About Rick Graham – Original Founder / Designer
About Rick Graham – Founder / Original Designer
For decades, Rick Graham dedicated himself to designing, building, and refining wind flags for the benchrest shooting community. His experience behind the rifle and his understanding of how wind affects a bullet led to the development of the Graham Wind Flag designs that shooters have trusted for more than 20 years.
Rick has always believed there is more than one way to succeed in benchrest shooting. Over the years, he developed some strong opinions about what makes a good wind flag—not because he claimed to have all the answers, but because those ideas were proven through years of competition, observation, experimentation, and time spent on the range.
One of the first lessons every new benchrest shooter learns is just how much the wind can move a bullet. Reading those conditions and understanding what the flags are telling you is at the heart of the sport. The goal is to recognize those changes, adjust your aiming point accordingly, and compensate for the wind so that, even as conditions change, the bullets keep finding their way into the same hole.
That philosophy became the foundation behind Graham Wind Flags: give shooters clear, responsive information they can use to better understand what the wind is doing downrange.
After decades devoted to benchrest shooting and wind flag design, Rick is now retired and enjoying a well-earned change of pace. While his designs and experience remain an important part of Graham Wind Flags, these days you’re much more likely to find Rick with a fishing rod in his hand, enjoying time on the water whenever he gets the chance.
His legacy continues every time a Graham Wind Flag is set up on a range and a shooter uses it to make a better decision behind the rifle.
Designed from experience. Proven on the range. A legacy that continues.