![]() The company made its first deliveries this week, and due to “overwhelming demand,” has set up a web-based application process to get on the waiting list. We can only hope that the application process doesn’t allow any deranged individuals to access this type of deadly weapons. The sophisticated tracking scope that makes the rifle “smart” is password-protected, according to the company’s CEO, so while the gun will still fire without an authorized user, it won’t allow access to all the intelligence that could make a weekend warrior into an instant Marine sniper. TrackingPoint has made some efforts around safety. I’m no firearms expert, but several sites I’ve checked indicate that average hunting rifles weigh in at 6-12 pounds, and that a rifle of 20 pounds or more is “just too heavy for general purposes.” ![]() The Austin-based company that makes the TrackingPoint rifle calls it a “Precision-Guided Firearm (PGF),” carefully avoiding any reference to “snipers” or “sniper rifles.” But the size and weight of this deadly weapon - 27″ long, over 20 pounds loaded - make it a very unusual hunting rifle. ![]() I cannot wait to make amazing shots of my own.” “As a sport hunter and professional marksman, I see the TrackingPoint technology as an excellent way to ensure more ethical harvesting of game and to share the thrill of the hunt with anyone. “When I first saw this system, I knew immediately that I had to have one,” said the first owner of a TrackingPoint rifle. Hunters are excited by the possibilities, apparently. You have a smart car you got a smartphone well, now we have a smart rifle,” company President Jason Schauble told NPR. And every shot is recorded and streamed to your nearby iPad. Learn all possible Succession rolls, view popular perks on Succession among the global. But the rifle only fires when you’re holding it in exactly the right direction to hit the target, ensuring that even the unsteadiest and untrained hands can deploy death from a distance. Full stats and details for Succession, a Sniper Rifle in Destiny 2. The gun’s built-in laser range finder, compass, environmental sensors to gauge wind speeds, inertial measurement unit, ballistics computer, and networked tracking engine then engage. The shooter simple tells the rifle what he or she is aiming at by locking a laser on the target. The potential for terrorism and targeted assassinations is obvious. But it’s also incredibly dangerous, since now inexperienced shooters can be as accurate - or more accurate - as trained military snipers from almost a mile away. That’s good, if you’re a hunter and you want to “ethically harvest” game by making immediate kills shots.
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