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My friend told me about this system last week after he met one of the owners at a graduation. I looked at the website and the story of the development caught my eye...

“The story of TrackingPoint began in early 2009 when founder John McHale went on an African safari. He personally saw the challenge of moderate- to long-distance hunting while taking several challenging shots in Tanzania.

One particularly difficult shot was a 350-yard attempt to hit a Thompson’s Gazelle, a prized, smaller African game animal. McHale had taken every trophy he was after on the trip, except for the Thompson’s. He had had a chance at a shot, but it had just not been possible to factor in the range, ballistics, stability, and other factors in the time available to convert, on multiple attempts.”

I laughed at that. My working rifles are sighted for 300 yards and hitting running coyotes at 350 takes but a second or two. All those calculations become instinct with a little practice. Although, I don’t think I give stability a single thought after I choose the correct twist when buying a barrel.

I’ve seen the flags on the 1000 yard range blowing left at 200 yards and right at 1000 yards and in your face at 500.

And the videos show the little red designator dot glued right on the heart of the beast at a tremendous range. If the shooter can manage to line up the target and designate the target, why can’t he go the next step and learn to squeeze one off?

I wasn’t really impressed with it but I know how to shoot. It might be nice for a sniper who has a bad guy playing peekaboo in a window or something like that, but snipers can line em up and squeeze em off with the best of them anyway.