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Is it the Wind or Something I'm Doing?
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<blockquote data-quote="paphil" data-source="post: 752043" data-attributes="member: 17745"><p>The scope is the only thing that has to be vertical. The cant of the gun matters very little as long as the scope remains vertical and point of impact changes will not be discernable at all to most shooters. That said, the scope must be vertical as possible, each degree of SCOPE cant will move POI about 3 inches at 1000 yards. Spin drift will be about 8 to 10 inches at 1000 yards. It takes a very accurate rifle and a very good shooter to discern these variables at long distances. That is why the 100 yard vertical test is so important. Anyone who says the gun must be perfectly verticle with the scope has never seen Dave Tubbs guns! Some scopes are several degrees out of vertical, even when the cross hair is perfectly alligned with the vertical line drawn on the target. It is due to construction errors or tolerances at the factory. Just about every person I know that looks through a vertical gun and scope for the first time will say that it is crooked! Everyone has a "comfortable" way they hold their gun. The best way to level the scope is while the shooter is holding the gun in a comfortable position. Before anyone out there trys to discredit this, go try it . Rotate a scope 10 or 15 degrees and shoot a vertical group with the scope held vertical. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I've done it. It works! As for the wind. keep practicing!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paphil, post: 752043, member: 17745"] The scope is the only thing that has to be vertical. The cant of the gun matters very little as long as the scope remains vertical and point of impact changes will not be discernable at all to most shooters. That said, the scope must be vertical as possible, each degree of SCOPE cant will move POI about 3 inches at 1000 yards. Spin drift will be about 8 to 10 inches at 1000 yards. It takes a very accurate rifle and a very good shooter to discern these variables at long distances. That is why the 100 yard vertical test is so important. Anyone who says the gun must be perfectly verticle with the scope has never seen Dave Tubbs guns! Some scopes are several degrees out of vertical, even when the cross hair is perfectly alligned with the vertical line drawn on the target. It is due to construction errors or tolerances at the factory. Just about every person I know that looks through a vertical gun and scope for the first time will say that it is crooked! Everyone has a "comfortable" way they hold their gun. The best way to level the scope is while the shooter is holding the gun in a comfortable position. Before anyone out there trys to discredit this, go try it . Rotate a scope 10 or 15 degrees and shoot a vertical group with the scope held vertical. :) I've done it. It works! As for the wind. keep practicing! [/QUOTE]
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