The shot is on, so you take it—and miss.
Your spotter calls in a couple of clicks of windage correction, and you dutifully make the adjustment on your scope. A second projectile wings its way downrange and the target drops.
Perfect. Success. Hallelujah. High-fives and all that good stuff. And since the bullet hit the intended mark, there can’t be any problem.
Or can there?
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on how you view life, and how concerned you are about what we do now possibly affecting future operations. “So what’s the problem?” you ask. Firearms terminology and nomenclature—and the misuse thereof—are what the problem is. That’s what.
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