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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 1012319" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>I personally don't know a single long range shooter who is capable of long range COLD BORE shooting who does not us a level. Many times I'm on when I set up but every once in a while due to terrain I'll find I'm not even close. I have a spot I shoot set up with targets from 900 yards to 1890 yards, the lay of the land will put every single person canting right and you will NOT touch a target cold bore without a level.</p><p>I use Hollands levels of set to the weak side, I simply shift my eye slightly and I check the level with my of eye, no breaking of position. I've checked level while putting rounds through a bull elk and it was no hindrance. I use a level on my walk around rig also, reference level and I can keep it as I track with an animal, most times I'm close but sometimes I'm not. </p><p></p><p>At 600 yards a 6 degree cant on my 308 will yield a 2.1 MOA windage error, at 1000 yards it's a 4 MOA windage error.</p><p></p><p>Some are content with missing and blaming it on the wind and walking the next rounds in, some miss and ask themselves what the heck just happened and how do I fix it. A cheap level is all it takes to take one major possible error out of your windage allowing you to focus on actually learning to read wind!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 1012319, member: 13632"] I personally don't know a single long range shooter who is capable of long range COLD BORE shooting who does not us a level. Many times I'm on when I set up but every once in a while due to terrain I'll find I'm not even close. I have a spot I shoot set up with targets from 900 yards to 1890 yards, the lay of the land will put every single person canting right and you will NOT touch a target cold bore without a level. I use Hollands levels of set to the weak side, I simply shift my eye slightly and I check the level with my of eye, no breaking of position. I've checked level while putting rounds through a bull elk and it was no hindrance. I use a level on my walk around rig also, reference level and I can keep it as I track with an animal, most times I'm close but sometimes I'm not. At 600 yards a 6 degree cant on my 308 will yield a 2.1 MOA windage error, at 1000 yards it's a 4 MOA windage error. Some are content with missing and blaming it on the wind and walking the next rounds in, some miss and ask themselves what the heck just happened and how do I fix it. A cheap level is all it takes to take one major possible error out of your windage allowing you to focus on actually learning to read wind! [/QUOTE]
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