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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1012339" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Shooters that focus their efforts on extended range shooting, like the 900 - 1890yds in bigngreen's Post, know the consequences of their canted rifles from actual experience. However there is no mystery to the cause and effect of canted rifle-caused POI error. Canted rifle caused errors in POI can be precisely pre-determined (calculated), the same as windage, elevation, and coriolis sources of error. So there's no debate on the effect a canted rifle will have on point of impact.</p><p></p><p>The only subject up for debate, is do you think you have a special innate ability to keep your rifle plumb vertical in all environmental and topographic settings, simply based on your keen sense of level. Good luck with that... </p><p></p><p>At closer distances you can even hold your rifle horizontal with little ill-effect. I once shot a black bear in alders by doing exactly that, because the topography was miserably steep and uneven and the alder limbs were all laying horizontal. The only opening I was able to find was a horizontal window free of alder limbs. The shot was, obviously, relatively close range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1012339, member: 4191"] Shooters that focus their efforts on extended range shooting, like the 900 - 1890yds in bigngreen's Post, know the consequences of their canted rifles from actual experience. However there is no mystery to the cause and effect of canted rifle-caused POI error. Canted rifle caused errors in POI can be precisely pre-determined (calculated), the same as windage, elevation, and coriolis sources of error. So there's no debate on the effect a canted rifle will have on point of impact. The only subject up for debate, is do you think you have a special innate ability to keep your rifle plumb vertical in all environmental and topographic settings, simply based on your keen sense of level. Good luck with that... At closer distances you can even hold your rifle horizontal with little ill-effect. I once shot a black bear in alders by doing exactly that, because the topography was miserably steep and uneven and the alder limbs were all laying horizontal. The only opening I was able to find was a horizontal window free of alder limbs. The shot was, obviously, relatively close range. [/QUOTE]
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