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April 10, 2013, 12:28 PM | #1 |
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Scope Technology on Rifles....really cool!
I work in the field of Information Technology and happened upon this article. I figured a lot of our members would think this article is interesting as well. The article covers some very cool technology that enabled the test shooter to hit a target the size of a dinner plate at 1,008 yards......and he apparently never fired a rifle in his life. Pretty cool, check it out
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/...powered-rifle/
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April 10, 2013, 01:18 PM | #2 |
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It looks big, heavy, and it seems like it needs batteries for every aspect of this system to function, including the rifle with its weird computer controlled solenoid that fires when it determines is best. You also have to use their proprietary ammunition costing $5-7 a round and is not reloadable. 1000 rounds down range and your $17,000 toy is up to a cost of $22,000.
For $20,000 I could have all of the guns that I can think of off the top of my head that I want to have with enough money left to buy enough brass, bullets, powder, and primers to press tens of thousands of bullets.. So many other things I would want to put $20,000+ dollars into it. This sort of system just sort of takes the fun/skill out of it. So what if you can shoot 1000 yards with a 17,000 dollar weapon system, when that battery dies lets see if you can shoot 1000 yards with a very capable but more conventional rifle/scope. |
April 10, 2013, 01:41 PM | #3 |
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I've heard about this system before & it is pretty amazing. I don't feel like it is relevant to sports hunting (as the article implies) but in a military context it is a bit scarey. A military forces is measured by it's sniper/counter-sniper capabilities. The rifles capable of consistent +1000yd are now a given reality, but the human skill to do it is scarce & must be trained & cultivated.
I wonder if there are some restrictions on who you can buy this stuff? What about the Barrett rifles; are they readily available on the foreign market? What about compensation computers used by spotters? Easy to buy? ...bug |
April 10, 2013, 02:21 PM | #4 |
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The very important part is in the small print - you still need to enter the wind speed. So if you can't read the wind you still can't hit at 1000 m, whatever gadget is dialing in the holdover and windage for you.
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April 10, 2013, 09:33 PM | #6 |
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Looks pretty cool, just unaffordable for the average person. Basically they have made a man-portable version with some of the capabilities of a Bradley or M-1 tanker gunner's sight. Not all of them, but some.
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April 11, 2013, 03:59 PM | #7 |
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Yeah, I didn't mean to imply "This is cool, let me go out and purchase it", but more of a marvel of technology. Using a system like this in warfare would probably be the best use for such a system. I'm sure that someone who never fired a rifle wouldn't be able to walk up to this gun and hit a target at 1000 yards without much training on the weapon itself, as well as the scope and all the technology that goes into it. So i guess you have to ask, would it be more time consuming to learn the technology to make a shot at 1000 yards, or just to practice proper technique? I'm not sure, really depends on how complex it is for the "user" to manipulate the scope.
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April 11, 2013, 06:29 PM | #8 |
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That's pretty interesting. I have to agree with everyone else though...makes a lazy shooter. What's more interesting is that they sit atop a surgeon rifle...made in my neck of the woods. My state of Oklahoma.
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April 11, 2013, 11:15 PM | #9 |
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It doesn't do anything current snipers don't already do.
You still need to read the wind yourself and that is the singles largest factor that would cause a shooter to miss a long range shot. My having all that technology into the scope all it does is allow your rifle to be rendered useless if the computer in the scope fails. By carrying a separate range finder and ballistics calculator a shooter will have the same capability, with a lighter rifle and a more reliable package. Also read the part about don't get it wet and it not being overly tough, hardly makes a very useful military/police rifle does it. What the military/police need from a rifle is a tough reliable system that will work in any conditions they find themselves in, and this system doesn't do that at all. you could get a normal rifle, work out all the scope adjustments and with a decent rest have a complete novice shooter do exactly the same thing. |
April 11, 2013, 11:43 PM | #10 |
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The problem I see for a military aspect. There is too much to go wrong with it and no way to fix or adapt it in the field when it does fail.
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April 12, 2013, 06:03 AM | #11 |
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With the speed technology advances today that system well be miniaturized in a few years and run off a watch battery.
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April 12, 2013, 10:22 AM | #12 |
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Yep, it will have a built in anemometer, barometer, hygrometer and pick up all the data off the internet that the NWS has going into their Cray Computers so it can not only calculate current down range wind and velocity, but forecast from the time you decide to shoot to pull the trigger.
Eventually we can just let it go out by itself and shoot our deer, elk, mooses etc. It is amazing stuff |
April 12, 2013, 05:51 PM | #13 |
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Don't know, but seems to me that a machine that took the human error out of shooting would also take the pleasure and challenge out of the game also.
Not me, I'd rather take a US surplus military rifle with iron sights and concentrate on hitting a dinner plate at 100 yards while standing on my hind legs.
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All the technology in the scope already exists if you have a range finder and a weather station thingy (like a kestral), you can then either work it out yourself or use a ballistics computer thingy-ma-bob. It just combines them all into a scope and runs it off the worlds most infuriating and unreliable device ever (a computer), |
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All the technology in the scope already exists if you have a range finder and a weather station thingy (like a kestral), you can then either work it out yourself or use a ballistics computer thingy-ma-bob. It just combines them all into a scope and runs it off the worlds most infuriating and unreliable device ever (a computer), which if it (when it breaks) will leave your rifle useless. I can't imagine law enforcement would ever have use for it, as their shooting is done at ranges this technology isn't needed. And military and special force want something that's reliable in all conditions and, if ever computer I've ever used is something to go by, the seem to crash for no reason in my warm dry house. |
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April 12, 2013, 11:11 PM | #16 |
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Yes cool.
But you can get a Burris Eliminator III for a lot less cash if you want to add a ballistic computer and laser range finder to your shooting system. High tech toys are coming down in price. Jimro
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Not for big game hunting, but varmints beware!
The technology is fantastic & it looks like I'd be a ball to play with. Burris has this ad everywhere:
It kind of promotes shooting elk at 500 yds. Simple as pie - right! I'd have a lot more respect for Burris if there was a woodchuck in the cross-hairs! To each his own, but IMHO this is military stuff. ...bug |
April 13, 2013, 01:07 PM | #18 |
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If that's a Mil Dot, that elk is no where near 508 yards.
Looks closer to half that to me.
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Having had the wind spank my ass at 500 yards today, I'm skeptical of most technological solutions to training problem.
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"The rifle's "Tag-Track-Xact" technology means that there is a delay between when you pull the trigger and when the rifle fires—sometimes several seconds of delay, "
Um ... no thanks.
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April 13, 2013, 09:52 PM | #22 |
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From the top of the shoulder to the bottom of the body of an elk is on the average 25-27 inches.
Looking at that picture, it looks like 2.8 mils from the top to the bottom of the valley. That would put it between 245 - 265 yards. At 508 it would be about 1.5 to 1.34 mils. But its just an advertisement.
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. I just checked my calculator . Your right thats not 500yds . If I was using my 308 and had that hold . The range would be right around 380yds .
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