These are not Navy terms but SAILING terms and I would think someone from S. Florida would have more knowledge of such things!
Well thanks to my Father, I can tack, jibe, run a beam reach until the keel sings through the boomvang, which is optional, and run a wing and wing downwind without a spinnaker, and keep up.. with the rest of the blowboaters...
AND I HATE BLOWBOATERS,.....
Love bacon drippings, never let them go to waste, and regarding the OP, if you have a firearm and have tested it, run everything but the kitchen sink through it and still trust it,...you have a winner....and God Bless You.
A well placed shot(s) and trained citizen can defend themselves with a Raven .25 just as well as a person with a "super de duper" version of a $1500.00 "race gun".
That is why DRTV and this forum count. Someone needs to find the MB posting regarding firearms during a recall for a brand of 9mm that shall remain nameless. He posted one of the most poignant posts regarding the "quirks" and characteristics MANY firearms have, and why we still have them...
Coming about,.....watch your head!!!!!