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Canting - the right answer
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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Dog" data-source="post: 110571" data-attributes="member: 1622"><p>Edge,</p><p></p><p>Not in ballistic 'speak' ...well on my side of the pond at least. </p><p></p><p>...I think some of the confusion here has crept in because it's been used in that way.</p><p></p><p> <strong>'Line of Sight' describes the spatial relationship between rifle and target in the Vertical Plane of Sight. </strong> </p><p></p><p>....the clearest way of illustrating this would be to state that, if you aim off-target to apply holdover, the scope is no longer pointing on the (in ballistic speak) line of sight.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The sight is just a pointing device that you set at such an angle that, when you point it at the target (along the line of sight), you cause the barrel to be elevated relative to the horizontal plane to the required (hopefully!) QE to hit the target. </p><p></p><p>.....as soon as the sight no longer points at the target, it no longer lies on the Line of Sight to that target.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[I have to admit, that earlier in this thread, I was using the term 'Angle of Sight' to describe this definition of LOS (since LOS seemed to be being used to mean 'where the scope's pointing' rather than the weapon-target relationship)....perhaps an earlier clarification of definitions may have been prudent!]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Dog, post: 110571, member: 1622"] Edge, Not in ballistic 'speak' ...well on my side of the pond at least. ...I think some of the confusion here has crept in because it's been used in that way. [b]'Line of Sight' describes the spatial relationship between rifle and target in the Vertical Plane of Sight. [/b] ....the clearest way of illustrating this would be to state that, if you aim off-target to apply holdover, the scope is no longer pointing on the (in ballistic speak) line of sight. The sight is just a pointing device that you set at such an angle that, when you point it at the target (along the line of sight), you cause the barrel to be elevated relative to the horizontal plane to the required (hopefully!) QE to hit the target. .....as soon as the sight no longer points at the target, it no longer lies on the Line of Sight to that target. [I have to admit, that earlier in this thread, I was using the term 'Angle of Sight' to describe this definition of LOS (since LOS seemed to be being used to mean 'where the scope's pointing' rather than the weapon-target relationship)....perhaps an earlier clarification of definitions may have been prudent!] [/QUOTE]
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