Random

Want of direction in firing a gun or a musket. A random shot is a common expre ion when a fire arm has been discharged without aiming in any particular direction. je. — In gunnery, the distance between a point on the ground Vertically below the muzzle of the piece and the point on the same level at which the projectile touches in its descent; a place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced; the trajectory of a shot or 489 projectile; the distance of the object from the firer. tant Range.