Almost 90% of the shots taken in FT comps are from a sitting position with the rifle resting on the elbow and the knee. At this position the shooter's head is well above the bore of the gun and therefore the scope needs to sit high if the shooter is not to suffer a bent neck by the fifth shot. That is why the scopes sits high. In addition, in FT once the target is aquired and in sharp focus the range is dialled in by the tarret so the target is always at the cross section of the cross hairs, hardly ever mildots are used, so it makes no difference how near or far the target is as the POI is always at the center of the scope. The trajectory of the pellet has nothing to do with the hight of the scope I am afraid. In HFT 90% of the shots are taken from a prone position and since no adjustments of the scope are allowed the scopes sitting low on the gun can offer some advantage so far as mildot compensation is concerned.

A.G