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Title: The Linux rifle that's accurate up to a mile
Source: ZDNet
URL Source: http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-tr ... e-thats-accurate-up-to-a-mile/
Published: Jan 20, 2015
Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Post Date: 2015-01-20 08:26:56 by Willie Green
Keywords: Linux
Views: 2655
Comments: 6

You'll find Linux everywhere, including in the most accurate rifles in the world.

I grew up in rural West Virginia, and I don't remember learning how to shoot. All I know is I was certainly shooting well before the time I was 8. I grew up in a gun culture, with many relatives in the military, and I went to school at West Virginia University, which won its 16th NCAA Rifle Championship in 2014. In short, I know guns and I know just how hard it is to shoot accurately at extreme ranges such as 1,000 yards. Even at my best, I was never able to do it reliably

Or rather, it used to be extraordinarily hard to hit a target consistently at 1,000 yards or more. Now, thanks to Linux, TrackingPoint, an Austin, Texas business, will allow almost anyone to hit not just 1,000-yard targets, but also ones that are up to 1 mile, 1,760 yards, away.

This isn't science fiction or a stunt done that only works under indoor rifle range conditions. TrackingPoint Precision-Guided Firearms have been enabling shooters to hit targets beyond any range they could hit on their own for several years now.

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#2. To: Willie Green, Y'ALL (#0)

The article goes on to say; ---

--- the US Army is testing it. In one review, it was found that users of an older model were getting 70 percent first hit accuracy at 1,000 yards. A trained military rifleman, not a sniper, would hit about 5 percent of the time.

In a word, that's impressive.

Of course, for that kind of accuracy, you're going to pay a real premium. While final pricing hasn't been set yet, the 338TP won't go on sale until the second quarter of 2015, and it's expected to price out at over $40,000. Even the entry- level TrackingPoint rifle, the Precision-Guided Semi-Auto 5.56, starts at $7,495.

Oh, and the ammo: You get 200 rounds with the rifle, which runs at about $8 a round. When you're shooting at a distance, everything, and I mean everything, counts for accuracy, including the ammo.

You can also get smartglasses, the Shotglass, and Heads Up Display software, which can be used with smartphones and tablets, to let you shoot at targets without actually sighting from the rifle itself…

tpaine  posted on  2015-01-20   10:06:41 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: tpaine (#2)

While final pricing hasn't been set yet, the 338TP won't go on sale until the second quarter of 2015, and it's expected to price out at over $40,000. Even the entry- level TrackingPoint rifle, the Precision-Guided Semi-Auto 5.56, starts at $7,495.

The cops don't care. None of that money will be coming out of THEIR pockets.

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#5. To: sneakypete (#4)

The cops don't care. None of that money will be coming out of THEIR pockets.

And you better believe that every podunk town swat team will just HAVE to get one.

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#6. To: tpaine (#5)

And you better believe that every podunk town swat team will just HAVE to get one.

And the designated shooter in each town will be getting wood on a daily basis while dreaming of "playing army" and blowing someone's head off.

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