Hit detection, especially with helicopters

[JohnWayne]

Does this gross mismatch between where you hit on your screen and where the server thinks you shot also affect the sniper rifle? I swear its not aligned properly or something because I can only hit people if they are dead still and only at a certain distance.
I looked in objects.rfa at objects/HandWeapons/SVD/Objects.con and it has these suspicious lines:
ObjectTemplate.projectilePosition 0/0/0
...
ObjectTemplate.soldierZoomPosition -0.03/-0.04/0.0

but the M-14 has this zoom position at 0/0/0 as show here from objects.rfa at objects/HandWeapons/Objects.con:
ObjectTemplate.projectilePosition 0/0/0
...
ObjectTemplate.soldierZoomPosition 0/0/0

 

[Karl Marx]

Maybe it's trying to simulate bullet drop and drift.