This might just take the fun out of shooting

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 1:37 pm

TrackingPoint Demonstration www.youtube.com

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 2:18 pm

something is not right.

abcollector · Post by **abcollector** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:44 pm

Rusty, your link didn't work for me... what is it suppose to be?

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:59 pm

Found it....Wow!
http://www.youtube.com/embed/LvbyAcYjzlc?rel=0

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:18 pm

We will not be able to afford it.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:21 pm

Would be nice on my 6.5-06 though

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:51 pm

Mescalero wrote:We will not be able to afford it.

You just dig up all that gold, and you can hire me for all the long, hard shots...

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:54 pm

Why would I do that when I could do it myself?

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 4:58 pm

Mescalero wrote:Why would I do that when I could do it myself?

A rich gold miner should remain a man of leisure, and hire out the dirty work

I'll drive your limo, too...
Think of it as Alfred to your Batman...

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:01 pm

My six weeks in England I had a " Clark " ( read clerk ) this guy was always up my ---.
It was very uncomfortable.

msmith1228 · Post by **msmith1228** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:41 pm

No lever.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:55 pm

Even the Green Hornet had Kato.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:10 pm

More like Inspector Clusou had Kato!!!!!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:17 pm

Mescalero wrote:More like Inspector Clusou had Kato!!!!!

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 7:38 pm

...well, it's about time! The U.S.S. Iowa (and many other ships) has had that for over 70 years:

One key sounds the alarm ("SALVO SIGNAL", key #1); one key fires the big, 16" guns ("HAND FIRING", key #3); one key waits until the ship rolls back to where the targeting computer judges that the shot is on-target ("AUTOMATIC FIRING", key #2):

Shawn

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:21 pm

Wow...I just thought some dude was hunkered behind a great big Mercedez-Benz kind of crosshair or looking through some huge scope and seeing the terrorized look on the enemy faces... This...is just...a bank of switches...

msmith1228 wrote:No lever.

Yeah - that's what I was trying to say...

Seriously though - I'd be happy to take the guy's .338 Lapua bolt-gun, even without the fancy-schmancy scope.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:48 pm

If it had a transmitter and GPS the game department could hook up to it and....
Say you find your Deer and put the cross hair on it and push the button....
The person at the local game department headquarters could
check to see if legal and if you had already filled your quota and then....
Transmits a signal to unlock your firing mechanism and allow you to take the shot...
COOL !!! Yes/No ???

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:48 pm

Groan!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **Hobie** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:37 am

Mescalero wrote:My six weeks in England I had a " Clark " ( read clerk ) this guy was always up my ---.
It was very uncomfortable.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:51 am

I should have phrased that better

Post by **Hobie** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:05 am

Mescalero wrote:I should have phrased that better

I thought it was a perfect reply, for Blaine...

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:35 am

Yeah,
You may be right

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 12:58 pm

AJMD429,

I was surprised to find out about how those big guns are fired, too. They have rangefinders & RADAR, plus spotters. My friend, who served aboard the Iowa, gave me a tour, way back in 1989. I believe that those guns can be fired from 3 different locations of the ship, including the big turrets. He explained to me about the delayed firing (AUTOMATIC FIRING), related to a rolling, yawing ship, but he has further explained that each gun, within the turret, is on a delay, which allows for better follow-up shots. The image, below, shows turret 2 being fired with a delayed sequence among the barrels, and turret 3 with the delay disabled. Each of turret 2's barrels fire seperately, but turret 3 is firing all of them at once. Notice the shockwave & depression by each turret, and see how #3 has a much larger effect on its surrounding:

Oldtime technology still works. It is awesome!

Shawn

mikld · Post by **mikld** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:02 pm

That system might be fun for the first 10 rounds, but after that...

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:39 pm

it's what the forces of the liar will be gunning for us with

nice helo killer tho

I might call it the Drone Buster !!

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