What is a point-blank range?
Newspapers carried a Chandigarh story on honour killing. The young couple was shot dead at point blank range.
Wikipedia tells us that point-blank range is the distance between a firearm and a target of a given size such that the bullet in flight is expected to strike the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm.
In forensics and popular usage, point-blank range has come to mean extreme close range (that is, target within about a meter (3 feet) of the muzzle at moment of discharge but not close enough to be an actual contact shot.
The term point blank range is of French origin. The center of a target was once a small white spot and the French for white is blanc, and aim is point. The term therefore means "aim at the center of the target."
Wikipedia tells us that point-blank range is the distance between a firearm and a target of a given size such that the bullet in flight is expected to strike the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm.
In forensics and popular usage, point-blank range has come to mean extreme close range (that is, target within about a meter (3 feet) of the muzzle at moment of discharge but not close enough to be an actual contact shot.
The term point blank range is of French origin. The center of a target was once a small white spot and the French for white is blanc, and aim is point. The term therefore means "aim at the center of the target."
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