What you are talking about is exactly what a canted base is for. You are right if you are building a gun for long range. You want as much elevation adjustment as possible, or atleast enough to get you out as far as you plan to shoot.
They tell you to start out with it centered because ideally that is where the scope should be the clearest. If it is for a hunting rifle where you wont be dialing in your shots as much, this setup will be more ideal.
For my Viper 6.5-20, I have a Farrell 0moa base and Burris Sig Zee rings with the +10/-10 inserts in it. I have my gun zeroed at 200 yards and still have 45moa of elevation adjustment, which is way more than enough to get me to 1000. When I swap the scope/ring combo to my 20moa base I am completely bottomed out, with 65moa of elevation adjustment..
So no you are not crazy...LOL
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