Does this prove David Vizard's 128 lsa formula ?

Since we are talking cams i have something that is bothering me... This is the first time i degree'd a cam.. usually just went dot to dot.. My cam from howards said to install on a 103, but dot to dot gave it a 109.. is it normal for a cam to be that far off? i checked it like 5 times to make sure it wasn't me. Emailed howards and they said advance it to 103 so i did.. been bugging me since though. (i should have checked more cyls)
I don't think being that far off is common, but I can see tolerance stack up easily causing it. Cam pin, off two degrees (not much), Cam gear off two degrees, woodruff key slot off four degrees, you could be ten degrees off.... or they could cancel out and be dead on at dot to dot. Who knows?! (That's why you degree a cam for a performance app.)