ah but one point is being overlooked. I have already posted that in many instances in the past year I could have described a situation as a potshot, but I did not.

That is the key. As a result, the experience of describing what happened was almost as bad as what happened.

So to know give examples of the others, when I did not get a chance to properly use the term in the past, is not doable.

But you can give examples if you like. You might find that there were some that you view as potshots that may actually be close calls only.