Posted on 06/13/2013 5:14:33 AM PDT by rawhide
AUSTIN, Texas — A new company in Texas is selling a precision rifle with a unique technology that allows even an inexperienced shooter to hit a target 10 football fields away. The price tag is a staggering $27,500.
Tracking Point describes the weapon as a smartgun, with a trigger wired to the scope so that the gun won't fire until it's locked on the target that's been tagged.
"There are a number of people who say the gun shoots itself," said Chief Executive Officer Jason Schauble, a former Marine captain who was wounded in Iraq. "It doesn't. The shooter is always in the loop."
The TrackingPoint rifles, which are Wi-Fi enabled and have a color display so users can post videos of their shots on Facebook or YouTube, started shipping in May. Schauble said his company is on track to sell as many as 500 of them this year, to clients that he describes as "high net worth hunters" who want to kill big game at long range.
The company also has a deal to sell about 1,000 of the guns to Remington, which is Schauble's former employer. But the Remington model will be less expensive, running about $5,000 each.
Lifelong hunter and construction executive Bob Ellis is one client who raves about the rifle. "I have not shot anything like it ever," he said in an email to CNNMoney. "The distance and accuracy of the rifle is a big WOW!"
"There are a handful of snipers who can hit a target at 1,000 yards. But now, anybody can do it," he said. "You can put some tremendous capability in the hands of just about anybody, even an untrained shooter."
Indeed, novice shooters from CNNMoney tried the gun and did hit targets 1,000 yards away.
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Discussion from yesterday’s thread at:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3030271/posts
so what happens if the wifi is down?
Just watched the video. Nope, I don’t think it’s very sportsmanly. Sorry - I don’t hunt to utilize a wi-fi enabled computer-controlled device. A good scope is about as high-tech as my spirit allows. Is it even “stalking” at 1000 yards? Naa, not for me.
Meh... it’s a gimmick for people that don’t know how to shoot.
Some times shooting some thing is not about being sporting.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3030271/posts
a story of this weapon was posted yesterday...I posted as you did about it not being sporting.
Or, whatever.
Would seem to raise a multitude of security concerns.
One way to defeat the effectiveness of this rifle is to jam the wi-fi signals in the area.Thought the enemy has to know they are being targeted with a weapon such as this.
I don’t see the rifle requires wifi. It will broadcast to wireless devices to let others see what the scope sees.
And 1,000 yard shots mean you are not in their area.
oh BTW....what a great device for our boys in Afghanistan!!
Every American who can afford one of these things should have one.The eds will have them or already do and they don’t really even need them with their drones.
So is there ammo available at WalMart for it?
This has the gun grabbing libs scared to death...it makes a sniper out of an average Joe......they are in big demand...you have to get on an approved list to get one...approved is the key word here....
My dad taught me how to shoot his M1a - good hits at 800yds, half mile. I read Carlos Hatcock’s book about sniping. I think the .50 cal sniper rifle is awesome. I like shooting. Miss it down here.
Yes, I read your post just now. Some of those shots also seemed sort of peculiar - stomach shots, spine shot... Just not the way I like to hunt. (Also laughed at the poster who claimed every shot he ever took was an instant kill...)
.338 Lapua and .300 Win Mag
Been researching the difference between the .330WM and 7mm mag. Either one will push me back a foot when shooting prone.
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