I have a Caldwell Stinger Shooting rest that I used to position a rifle scope reticle. Making sure the rifle was empty and the bolt was removed, I set up on the kitchen island countertop and used a neighbor's fireplace chimney as a vertical guide, being fairly certain it was level, and got my verticle reticle level. For the heck of it, I put a carpenter level on the rifle rest and found there was a 0.58" difference in the height of the right vs the left legs. I positioned the reticle on the chimney again, then slowly increased the height of the right leg with shims. Checking the reticle again I found it stayed vertically level but the point of impact shifted to the left.
Is that the same as canting?
I never paid much attention to the rifle rest all these years as long as my view through the scope looked level. I never canted the view on purpose to see what might happen. I did experience a situation where I set my reticle up and a friend who happened to look through the scope told me it was not verticle. When I looked through, it sure looked verticle to me. Apparently, we were holding the rifle in two different positions of comfort.
How much will the point of impact change between the two of us if we both shoot that rifle?
Is that the same as canting?
I never paid much attention to the rifle rest all these years as long as my view through the scope looked level. I never canted the view on purpose to see what might happen. I did experience a situation where I set my reticle up and a friend who happened to look through the scope told me it was not verticle. When I looked through, it sure looked verticle to me. Apparently, we were holding the rifle in two different positions of comfort.
How much will the point of impact change between the two of us if we both shoot that rifle?