A "round", outside the gun world, is a "turn". I can see how someone not used to the specific terminology could take "fire one round" to mean "fire this round of shots", or "empty the magazine".txinvestigator wrote:I have had people do that too, Sometimes it is excitement, not listening/comprehending, and sometimes it is a language issue. One person thought a "round" = magazine.crbowers wrote:That being said; on the first shots of the test he had us load five rounds into the magazines and said "Fire ONE round at the whistle" he blew the whistle and one guy emptied this magazine into the target.
Our range commands for at work for qualification are, "When the target turns, draw and fire n shots." Not "rounds". I never thought of it before, but I'm sure they chose "shots" for that reason.