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Computerized ‘Smart Rifle’ Guarantees Hit At 1,000 Yards
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So-called smart guns could soon be on the market, and can reportedly turn a novice shooter into a sniper rather quickly.
Our lives are full of smart phones, smart cars, and even smart houses, so perhaps smart rifles were a logical part of the progression. The computer-enabled guns cost a very pretty penny – $27,000 each. The rifles currently come in a .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua varieties.
The Texas company that created the high-tech rifles maintains the weapon itself decides the exact moment of firing and therefore enhances accuracy significantly. A built-in computer does all the work; the human shooter is basically a secondary part of the equation. The shooter locks the target, but when the trigger is squeezed, the smart gun makes the necessary firing adjustments and trigger release decision.
“It allows people to make first round hits at extreme ranges, we’re talking 1,000, or 1,200 yards,” TrackingPoint CEO Jason Schauble told Fox News Insider.
The high-tech rifle is designed to aid hunters, but some gun control critics are fearful that the American-made weapon will turn novices into experts far too easily.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/11/02/computerized-smart-rifle-guarantees-hit-at-1000-yards/
