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It looks like somewhere in the 15 to 18 degree area.
BTW as far as I've been able to determine, the so call FBI rake or cant only refers to the muzzle of the handgun being angled to the rear. It's an old term that, as far as I can tell, refers to the muzzle rear raked holsters the FBI agent were wearing when most others were effectually straight drop holsters. I don't believe the FBI actually spec'd a particular degree of rake to coin he phrase. If they had, it would have been more like 30 or more degrees judging from the holsters of the time.
Although I'm not sure how old the term is, I know it dates back to before my start in LE. Gaylords holsters especially for wheel guns were very heavily raked. I have a sample hear that measures just over 40 degrees of muzzle rear rake. The USSS recent issue holsters actually measured 32 degrees of muzzle rear rake.
The first I heard someone attach 15 degrees to "the FBI rake or cant" was a gun writer. I don't remember who but I remember reading it at the time (a few years ago) and wondered where the hell he came up with that.
In any event, 15 degrees of muzzle rear rake seems to be a pretty good compromise rake that works for a lot of folks who carry in the 3:15 - 4:00 area.
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