Got it! Yes! The game changer here was using the Deproject World Position as the starting point rather than the socket location on the gun.
However, I STILL don’t understand why the other way didn’t work though…logically its a straight line from the socket to the same deprojected reticle to world space end point.
Regardless, your setup allowed me to freely make reticles and just auto-place them with a few nodes in the blueprint so big efficiency gain there too. You’ve been a big help midgunner.