A rifle canted 5 degrees to the right at 1,000 yards can shift impact several feet horizontally. Gravity acts straight down regardless of the rifle’s orientation. A scope-mounted bubble level (anti-cant indicator) is standard on precision rifles for this reason.

Inside 300 yards cant is negligible. Past 600 it becomes a measurable error. Past 1,000 it’s a miss.

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