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22 November 2012
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Does this system adjust for windage?
Sorry, but I'm with Andy.
The rumored price back when they first showed their 'beta' test results was about $17k-$20k.
I noticed that they have a booth at SHOT Show next week. I'm gonna stop by and see what their retail pricing is gonna be at. Definitely too rich for my blood.
Then again, I did a transfer for a customer on a $12,000 Barrett M107-A1, and the suppressor (another $2k), so there are definitely guys out there who COULD afford it...
Andy is absolutely correct. Putting rounds in the X-ring is NOT what professional snipers are about. Its largely collecting information for intelligence purposes, i.e. surveil the enemy and report back. Its about being in a concealed position and using commo to call in fire support. Its about being able to move into enemy territory undetected, operate undetected, and return undetected. With the current generation of precision rifles and incredible optics, any twit can hit the X-ring and they can probably do it consistently. That single skill does NOT make a sniper.
Marine Sniper Instructor, 1980-88
and an "A" sniper a part of history.
Sure beats old school shooting, still love the M14.
Just remember "aim small, miss small" always worked for me
thank's Mel for coining that.
Yes, the system adjusts for windage, and will actually track a moving target, once tagged. Tagging with a laser is MUCH easier than hitting with a bullet at 800+ yards. Don't believe me? Go take a laser pointer and a rifle to the range, and see which one is easier to touch a target with at 1000 yards.Quoting Andy:
And where would you put your money between trained snipers with a Remington 700, vs trained snipers with this piece of hardware?
The tools don't make the man, but they can certainly make the man better at what he does!
Okay so if you don't agree with it, then why do we restrict who can use Nukes? Where do you draw your line as to who can have what?
If you do have a 'line', then you have to realize that people are different and they have differing views. While some people are okay with teenagers using this technology for fun others may not.
If you don't have a line then you are okay with Iran and every other country building and holding onto nukes.
That's the upside the Founding Fathers INTENDED.
I think the the invention of the fire arm hundreds of years ago allowed everyone to be an effective assassin.
I'll make you a deal. You get an international treaty that says that Governments aren't allowed to have these (just like with nukes), and I'll agree that peasantry shouldn't have them either.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
If it's just to horrible a weapon for a peasant to have, it's CERTAINLY too horrible a weapon for the oligarchy to have.Quoting zip:
Oh, so you're saying that it's reasonable to take away items from demonstrated criminals, but it's unreasonable to take things away from EVERYBODY on the off chance that they MIGHT become a criminal?
I TOTALL AGREE! So you don't take my guns away, when I haven't done anything wrong, and I won't take your car away when you haven't done anything wrong. Seems like a fair trade.
Exactly. Reminds me of the Pope saying the crossbow should be outlawed (except against non-Christians) 800 years ago. Technology marches on.
I know.. so silly. Just like the Treaty on the Non-Proliferati on of Nuclear Weapons. Who are we to say who can have what type of weapon?
See you in 2044!
This thing should send Diane Feinstein into apoplexy.
And it's super-important that you learn long-division, because you'll NEVER have a calculator with you everywhere you go...
Have you been living under a rock? Have you missed the past 50 years of technology? 30 years ago, if I'd told you I would have, in my pocket, a device which could do things that million-dollar computer systems that even UNIVERSITIES didn't have, that I could use it to wirelessly telephone anybody, from virtually anywhere in the country (even out hiking)--and that I didn't actually have to KNOW the phone number of any of my friends, in order to effortlessly call them with the press of 1-2 buttons--and that I'd purchase it for about a day's wage, you'd have fallen out of your chair.
Welcome to 2013.
Just think what an experienced shooter can do with this. There are millions out here.
It would make somebody an unskilled sharpshooter, true. But not a sniper. A Sniper is somebody who is a sharpshooter and also trained to stalk his target in enemy territory, without being detected.
No gizmo on a rifle will give somebody that ability...
line of sight. Not always easy to do. Take your
shot without hesitation when it's in our view.
Humans are constantly moving.
"The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed and that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of press." -- Thomas Jefferson
Typo: High Master is >97%
http://guncontroltheultimateagenda.blogspot.com/
Can you give me a couple of reasons why? Not because I'm against it but because I'm genuinely curious. The only reason why I can think of is that the government goes crazy and starts killing all its citizens and you need to fight fire with fire so the technology will level the playing field? Or we the movie Red Dawn comes to fruition and we need these guns?
While having a local militia is a good idea, arming them to the teeth is not due to lack of discipline, order and perhaps a misplaced sense of justice.
That aside, I think the tech is well done. Good job.
But, my question to you still stands:
Can you give me a couple of reasons why this gun should allowed to the average citizen?
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