Connected Gun Lets Anyone Watch What Or Who You Are Shooting

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 7, 2015 @11:10AM from the point-and-double-click dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes A gun that lets novices make mile-long shots likes experts and which allows the owner to stream live video to show what the gun is aiming at to anyone, anywhere around the world is being showcased at CES. From the article: "Previously the longest range TrackingPoint’s weapons could accurately hit was about 1,200 yards with the company’s XM1 bolt-action rifle; the 'Mile Maker' adds 600 effective yards onto the range of the XM1 by using different rounds, a longer barrel, and most importantly, updated software in the computerized tracking scope. Aside from the 'Mile Maker,' TrackingPoint also announced that it will be expanding its weapons’ audio and visual capabilities—rather than streaming videos directly over local Wi-Fi or recording and uploading things after the fact to YouTube or Facebook, TrackingPoint firearms will gain the ability to live-stream the scope’s picture to remote users using TrackingPoint’s smartphone app. Later in 2015, the company will be shifting its lineup somewhat, removing all of the XS-class weapons from its catalog and replacing them with two, new lighter-frame options. The two, new bolt-action options will be chambered in .308 and .300 Winchester Magnum and will use the smaller scope from TrackingPoint’s AR platform. Finally, the company will also begin selling a smaller 'varmint gun' chambered in .260 Remington.

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Re:You know the cops are going to want it .. by Harlequin80 · 2015-01-07 12:54 · Score: 4, Informative

Kind of. There are a few systems that improve your accuracy but you definitely still need some solid basics.
Lasers don't have any drop, nor are they affected by wind conditions, so you tag your target with the laser and then the computer on the rifle calculates where you need to aim in order to hit the target. Really advanced ones will test wind conditions, humidity, and temperature before giving you the aim point. Some can also hold the firing till you have a perfect shot lined up. So you hold the trigger and the gun will fire when the target lines up. There is a little more too it than wiggling it around though.