Does shooting position affect Zero?
So I was reading through the stickies last night about setting Zero and I think I have a basic understanding but I need to re-read the rear sight elevation info a couple more times.
As I was thinking about all the great info in those stickies today and trying to process it all, I started thinking about shooting prone vs shooting at a bench rest. Since the 100 zero produces a flatter bullet path I'm sure this question is less relevant to that zero technique.
Let's say you decide to use the 50/200 zero method and let's assume that your 50 yard target is elevated 5 feet off the ground.
Since this method of zeroing produces more of a parabolic bullet path, it seems intuitive to me that zeroing at 50 yards from a seated bench rest would produce a different far zero than from a prone position. There would be maybe 3-4 feet difference in barrel height when comparing these 2 positions and thus the prone position would require a slightly increased angle above the horizon when compared to an identical POA from a seated bench.
Would this not produce a higher parabolic bullet path and thus a longer far zero? Or is it simply that there is a difference but it's not significant? Sorry if this has been answered before and I'm sure there's a simple answer but it has me a little perplexed.