I've done loads of posts like this over the years (well, quite a few) but most go right over people's heads even despite my efforts to make them less technical. It's not that I think people are dumb, just that the concepts are so foreign to those who are not shooters (and most general shooters as well really) that the posts become long due to having to go off on tangents to explain a concept. It's a challenge to write them sometimes but I like that aspect, but super long posts are not advisable here, even this one is far too long.
Anyway, I've done some fictional pieces based on shooting and, of course, most fiction is based on a degree of fact right?