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Published on Jan 14, 2013
All of the animals in this video were harvested in accordance with hunting ethics and South African law. The hunting party ate the meat and preserved the trophy from each animal. Extra meat was donated or sold to local villages and restaurants. Nothing was wasted. The ethical and humane harvesting of game is very important to TrackingPoint and at no time did the hunting party ever wound and fail to recover an animal. These species thrive in this environment solely because of hunters, for the purpose of hunting.
Huck... are you going to get one??
from MSN Money
A new rifle hitting the market can fire shots across the equivalent of 10 football fields and has enough bells and whistles to turn just about anyone into an expert marksman within minutes.
Some of the first of these weapons, made by Texas company TrackingPoint, were being auctioned off this week for between $25,000 and $35,000, although the auctions had not attracted any bids by Wednesday.
How can one gun be worth that much money? For starters, it comes with a Wi-Fi server, USB ports and an Apple (AAPL -1.92%) iPad Mini, according to VentureBeat.
Oh, and it also aims itself. The shooter tells the gun what to shoot, and the gun locks a laser on the target, John Koetsier writes.
Then the gun goes to work using its laser rangefinder, ballistics computer, inertia gauge, networked tracking engine and sensors that measure the wind speeds in the area, Koetsier adds. It fires only when everything lines up correctly for the perfect shot -- and it can shoot across 1,200 yards. The gun also records video of the entire thing and streams it to the iPad Mini.
This video shows the gun in action, but don't watch it if you're squeamish about seeing animals shot.
So is all of this worth the $25,000 price? Guns.com puts it this way:
You pay $25,000 for the hunt, or the potential hunt. The gun itself is less important. It is the assurance that you won't miss, no matter how far out you shoot. That will be, for some, worth the price.
The weapon is already raising concerns that it could be used for evil. "It's also incredibly dangerous, since now inexperienced shooters can be as accurate (as) -- or more accurate (than) -- trained military snipers from almost a mile away," Koetsier writes. "The potential for terrorism and targeted assassinations is obvious."
What do you think? Is TrackingPoint's new rifle a hunter's best friend or an assassination waiting to happen?
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Published on Jan 14, 2013
All of the animals in this video were harvested in accordance with hunting ethics and South African law. The hunting party ate the meat and preserved the trophy from each animal. Extra meat was donated or sold to local villages and restaurants. Nothing was wasted. The ethical and humane harvesting of game is very important to TrackingPoint and at no time did the hunting party ever wound and fail to recover an animal. These species thrive in this environment solely because of hunters, for the purpose of hunting.
Huck... are you going to get one??
from MSN Money
A new rifle hitting the market can fire shots across the equivalent of 10 football fields and has enough bells and whistles to turn just about anyone into an expert marksman within minutes.
Some of the first of these weapons, made by Texas company TrackingPoint, were being auctioned off this week for between $25,000 and $35,000, although the auctions had not attracted any bids by Wednesday.
How can one gun be worth that much money? For starters, it comes with a Wi-Fi server, USB ports and an Apple (AAPL -1.92%) iPad Mini, according to VentureBeat.
Oh, and it also aims itself. The shooter tells the gun what to shoot, and the gun locks a laser on the target, John Koetsier writes.
Then the gun goes to work using its laser rangefinder, ballistics computer, inertia gauge, networked tracking engine and sensors that measure the wind speeds in the area, Koetsier adds. It fires only when everything lines up correctly for the perfect shot -- and it can shoot across 1,200 yards. The gun also records video of the entire thing and streams it to the iPad Mini.
This video shows the gun in action, but don't watch it if you're squeamish about seeing animals shot.
So is all of this worth the $25,000 price? Guns.com puts it this way:
You pay $25,000 for the hunt, or the potential hunt. The gun itself is less important. It is the assurance that you won't miss, no matter how far out you shoot. That will be, for some, worth the price.
The weapon is already raising concerns that it could be used for evil. "It's also incredibly dangerous, since now inexperienced shooters can be as accurate (as) -- or more accurate (than) -- trained military snipers from almost a mile away," Koetsier writes. "The potential for terrorism and targeted assassinations is obvious."
What do you think? Is TrackingPoint's new rifle a hunter's best friend or an assassination waiting to happen?
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I think I'll hold off for a while though....
It's neat technology.
As it advances their stuff should become cheaper and available in more calibers.
HRT I would assume have embraced this also.
Here is a decent video that shows a bit about it that I've posted before.
https://youtu.be/Yev2maF5oYM
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