Re: shooting at a 45 degree cant
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: longguntoter</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Comanche</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Can someone give me a little insight to shooting at a 45 degree cant? Is there a quick and easy formula you can do in your head to compensate for the cant while using the reticle in the scope? Had a guy trying to explain it to me once but I didn’t pay attention and it has came back to bit me in the read as now i wish i would have listened. </div></div>Not trying to sound like a smart ass, but why would you tilt the weapon to shoot it?
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It's not a choice, but a technique to react to situations where that is all that is available. When by mechanical or other interference, you cannot orient it straight up for the shot. Picture a horizontal gap or slot that you wish to fire through.
The JBM will give you firing solutions for it that are accurate. Just make sure you set the wind to ZERO. Otherwise it will build in whatever mph of wind you set.
You are removing the height over bore (the bullet drops) and adding it to one side or the other (horizontal shift). Remember it this way: "If I roll left, they FALL left."
If you cant it 90 deg left (bolt up) you will be dialing elevation knob DOWN to get windage on, and knob RIGHT to increase elevation. This is one argument to leave some wiggle room beneath your zero if you have a zero stop. You could also hold the horizontal offset of course.
Sled is right as far as competitions go. This is a skill you will see tested on a semi regular basis.
HTH,
--Fargo007