You are quibbling.
The angle is so slight it is almost imperceptible. Try as I may I cannot find anything where Cooper specified a negative comb. What is your source for this claim?
So now, what military adopted this rifle?
That is really stretching the negative comb aspect since it is so slight.
So what serving military has adopted the scout? I hope you are referring to a paramilitary such as a Serb group using anything they could get their hands on.
Anyone using one for hunting? I used once frequently in the military and was satisfied with them. My primary rifle now is a Rem 700 with a Badger base and I have a rare Leupold mount that was made for the PVS 4 to go on the Leupold Ultra bases that later became the Mark 4 bases. If you are using...
Because most of the makers don't QC close enough. If you use German scopes with dovetails on the bottoms of the tube you often end up with a canted scope. Hand fitting is the order of the day. Since most hunting shots are taken at less than 150m it's not that big of a problem.
Super, read the books focused entirely on external ballistics financed by the US Gov over 100 years ago. Don't give us your "I think, I feel, I believe" logical. That just gets us to the point where you say "that's bulls**t" when we don't just swallow your arguments. Back your claims with...
I wish you understood basic geometry, It is not just straight lines. You have the line of the barrel, the line of the sight, the line of the bullet fall due to gravity and the arc of trajectory. Look at all four of these on vertical and horizontal planes. You could add in spin drift but lets...