Actually, the REAL reason is that the 3rd person view puts things into a different perspective of where the shot actually registered. If I see a first-person view of that happening I'll believe it. Because, in a similar situation I tried shooting somebody with the Spartan Laser. First person says I clearly missed. I pressed Y to go into free-roam, and it says I hit the guy, but with no effect. That may be exactly what you guys are seeing - a change in perspective changing the graphical view of where the bullet/trail is. If I see any videos of this problem in first-person, then I'd be a little more worried. This seems to be a graphical glitch with the third person mode in theater... maybe. [Edited on 10.07.2007 11:29 PM PDT]