RANDOM SHOT

RANDOM SHOT, in gunnery, is a shot made when the muzzle of a gun is raised above the horizontal line, and is not designed to shoot directly or point-blank.

The utmost random of any piece is about ten times as far as the bullet will go point-blank. The bullet will go farthest when the piece is mounted to about $45^\{\backslash circ\}$ above the level range. See GUNNERY and PROJECTILES.