wonder, too, whether the fact that Baltar did - and let's forego the likelihood of Gaius delivering a lethal shot when he never used a gun in his life for the moment

at that range, with the size of rounds it looks like they are firing, Baltar could have closed his eyes and still both tagged Crashdown and killed him. also, there really is something to the notion of beginner's luck. the first time i ever fired a handgun, i centerpunched the target...multiple times. when your brain doesn't have time to interfere, the link between hand and i is very true, at least where aim is concerned.