fact or fiction: higher scope height increases cant error (and how much)

[JohnJohnson]

UPDATE: I used the wrong trig function above and edited the table accordingly.

Due to the small angles that were being used (less than 5°), correcting the equation to use SIN instead of TAN was entirely academic. The calculated answers change less than 1% between the two. But felt it was necessary to clear that up.

Thanks for the correction. If nothing else, maybe some new people will see this. It's something that a surprising amount of experienced shooters believe.

 

[Macintosh]

Yeah, I’ve been waiting for you to correct your glaring error, dont know why it took so darn long!

 

[Marbles]

Very informative. @Shortschaf thanks for the math. @Macintosh thanks for the thread. I unlearned some bad information.