TrackingPoint/Surgeon computer aided rifle: ₹10 lakhs

[timmy]

Gentlemen:

How about putting Linux to work for you, next time you go to the range:



This range report is not from your usual source -- it's from Ars Technica:

Bullseye from 1,000 yards: Shooting the $17,000 Linux-powered rifle

Here's another range report, this time with a short video:

Futuristic super rifle to sell for $17,000

The amazing sighting device is from TrackingPoint: http://tracking-point.com

and the rifle is made by Surgeon Rifles: http://www.surgeonrifles.com

It appears as if the next step is having self-guided "smart bullets."

[shooter.177cal]

i personally, hate this thing. the art is being destroyed, it is just a machine which involves nothing but killing. this will be great in killing as even a novice can hit 1cm target at 1100 yards with this.

with this, you don't need to know the art of pressing trigger let alone distance and wind calculations

is there any reason to love it?? (no hard feeling against the thread but i just hate this machine.) (post is informative, +1 from me. )

those who think that EMP will take it out, NO!! they are already planning to protect it from EMPs using uranium shielding. (in almost same way as metal storm is protected from EMPS)

[bennedose]

This might be a great tool for snipers and police in a hostage situation, if it works as advertised. It will be deadly for hunting. It wil take the sprot out of hunting and be good for poachers, if they can afford it.

I guess the only thing that would defeat this type of aiming system is continuous random unpredictable movement of the target - like these flies seen in slow motion
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