The future of shooting

[Heffay]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2012 ... -firearms/

Holy crap.

TrackingPoint is a manufacturer of "Intelligent Digital Tracking Scopes" and "Precision Guided Firearms" for hunting and tactical shooting. Their impressive technology allows a shooter to designate a target using the digital scope and the rifle will automatically fire only when the rifle is correctly lined up to the target.

And sexy as hell!!



Complete with practical application:

[John Bender]

Start saving.

[JustinPo]

That gazelle kill pic looks fake, I am not saying I am an expert but shadows seem to have multiple sources and those antlers seem too perfectly symmetrical and there seems to be a weird softness to some elements and razor sharp focus on others....

[John Bender]

Looks real to me, a professional photo may have more than one light source (sun, strobes, reflectors, etc) and with a shallow depth of field the photo could have objects in focus and others not in focus to emphasize the subject, in this case, the rifle.

[MasonK]

It's a marketing photo, I'm sure it's been touched up. I doubt they actually took down a gazelle (or that specific gazelle) for the marketing shoot. Setting up the picture probably took a lot of time and a bleeding critter makes for a bad photo to showcase your gun.

It's advertising.

[OldmanFCSA]

That gazelle kill pic looks fake, I am not saying I am an expert but shadows seem to have multiple sources and those antlers seem too perfectly symmetrical and there seems to be a weird softness to some elements and razor sharp focus on others....

I tend to agree, besides did they make the sign before the shot so they could have it, or was it all photoshopped togeteher, pic of animal, pic of rifle,pic of sign.

Most pics like these are fake - just advertising mumbo-jumbo.

[Mn01r6]

I wouldn't doubt that the picture was faked - who brings a sign out to the bush that says "1099 yards" - what if it was 1100 or 1098 yards???

The picture being 'shopped to include the sign and/or the gun does not mean the kill was not real with this gun. but it doesn't say it was real either.

[John Bender]

It's not hard to make a sign with any lettering on it wherever you may be, vinyl decals or even stencils are very portable, even a printer is very portable these days.

Even if it is fake, unless there's some big giveaway I'll say at this resolution there's simply not enough to go by. All said and done, if it is fake but all the information is correct, who cares really, it looks bad ass.

[yuppiejr]

It's only a matter of time until this becomes a fairly mainstream technology... integrate basic weather/environment gathering info (humidity, wind, etc..) that you can pick up on a $30 outdoor weather station with a laser rangefinding scope (Bushnell, Nikon & Burris already have these in the market), the ability to upload ballistics data on your cartridge/rifle combo and an illuminted reticle on which the correct holdover location could be shown... or the ability for the scope to simply adjust windage and elevation to match range, load and conditions (I assume showing the holdover would be cheaper to implement).

[Heffay]

It's only a matter of time until this becomes a fairly mainstream technology... integrate basic weather/environment gathering info (humidity, wind, etc..) that you can pick up on a $30 outdoor weather station with a laser rangefinding scope (Bushnell, Nikon & Burris already have these in the market), the ability to upload ballistics data on your cartridge/rifle combo and an illuminted reticle on which the correct holdover location could be shown... or the ability for the scope to simply adjust windage and elevation to match range, load and conditions (I assume showing the holdover would be cheaper to implement).

Looking to the future when technology like this is pretty mainstream, you can imagine the things it can revolutionize. Home defense? Don't need a .357 magnum in the nightstand. Just have an armed quadcopter robot in your house that can autonomously react to events.

It's coming. And it's going to be cool.

Also, hold off on all your "well what about X or Y" arguments. We're talking 20 years in the future when AI and robotics is generations beyond what we have today.

[OldmanFCSA]

Reference the Barrett BORS system.

http://www.barrett.net/optics/bors

[Heffay]

Reference the Barrett BORS system.

http://www.barrett.net/optics/bors

This is kind of a step or two beyond that. But it's still pretty cool on its own, and gets the added cool factor for being on a Barrett.

[Vlad]

[quote="Heffay"
Looking to the future when technology like this is pretty mainstream, you can imagine the things it can revolutionize. Home defense? Don't need a .357 magnum in the nightstand. Just have an armed quadcopter robot in your house that can autonomously react to events.

It's coming. And it's going to be cool.

Also, hold off on all your "well what about X or Y" arguments. We're talking 20 years in the future when AI and robotics is generations beyond what we have today.[/quote]

it is already here... Check out the videos. Imagine having one of these guarding your house. Think non lethal solid balls, balls filled with CS or tracking paint. Turn up the pressure and let them really fly. http://www.paintballsentry.com/

[goalie]

The top of the food-chain will still be occupied by those who can range with a reticle, read a mirage, spin turrets, and squeeze.

So says Mr. Murphy.

[FJ540]

The top of the food-chain will still be occupied by those who can range with a reticle, read a mirage, spin turrets, and squeeze.

So says Mr. Murphy.

Yeah, when the batteries crap out and no one is working at walmart any more to restock you, the iron sights folks will hold the advantage.