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"A picture is worth 1,000 words."

Bullets can do strange things. Yeah, trajectory angle certainly a factor, but hollow points and soft points are more prone to mushroom and tumble (lower). I'm certainly not advocating such, especially in this dry weather, but did anybuddy ever shoot any rifle tracers? See what they do after first impacts?

Question: "I assume that it has something to do with controlling what happens when the bullet impacts? "

Yep, the FMJ rifle rounds can have a nasty habit of "skipping the berm" when first impact happens to be well short of the target. And with ranges that use overhead baffles, FMJ can punch a pencil-sized hole, then act like the Energizer bunny (going, going, going ...).

So, when ya get to thinking about the things like (errrrr, aaaahhh - Interstate Highways and Loops) north and east of places like Elm Fork and Quail Creek, it might be a little easier to understand why dem boys get a burr under the saddle when they see a box of that stuff on the line ...