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Originally Posted by johndallman
To make sure I'm on the right page here, the reason for the stake - or some other reference for pointing the mortar - is that it doesn't stay on target when you fire it? It jumps enough that you have to put it back on the right direction and distance after each shot?
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That's the reason that you have multiple stakes. You need stakes (or a visible target for a direct lay) in order to have something to aim at, at all. The sight is a very precise optical instrument, but it's completely useless if you don't have something to align it with.
The weapon does shift
a lot after you fire (especially after you fire the first round which "settles" the baseplate by driving it into the ground).