New $22,000 Computer Rifle That Hits Target Ten Football Fields Away Will Anger Anti-Gun People

     A MAN WHO HAD NEVER FIRED A GUN SHOT A NEW TYPE OF RIFLE AT A DINNER-PLATE-SIZED TARGET 1,008 YARDS AWAY ON A WINDY DAY AND HIT IT ON THE FIRST SHOT, LEE HUTCHINSON WROTE IN ARSTECHNICA.COM, MARCH 31.  PHOTOS BELOW FROM THE ARTICLE SHOW THE THREE TYPES OF PRECISION GUIDED FIREARMS (PGF) MADE BY AN AUSTIN, TEXAS, COMPANY CALLED, TRACKING POINT.  IN SIMPLE TERMS, THE RIFLE USES A COMPUTER-SCOPE THAT DETERMINES WHEN TO SHOOT.  IT MAY TAKE A FEW SECONDS AFTER THE TRIGGER IS PULLED, BEFORE THE BULLET IS SHOT.  THE SCOPE MAKES SURE THE TARGET IS HIT.  THE GUN USES “TAG-TRACK-XACT” TECHNOLOGY.  YOU CAN SEE THIS IN THE IMAGE BELOW THAT HAS THREE PHOTOS.  THE NEW RIFLE USES A COMPUTERIZED TRACKING SCOPE WITH A 35X FIXED MAGNIFICATION OPTIC FOCUSED ONTO A DIGITAL IMAGING SENSOR, WITH A RESOLUTION OF ABOUT 3,600 PIXELS.  THE SCOPE HAS THE ABILITY TO CONSIDER “AMBIENT CONDITIONS,” INCLUDING TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, THE TILT OF THE WEAPON, COMPASS DIRECTION AND MORE. THREE TYPES OF PGF’s SOLD ARE THE .338 LMXS1, THE .300 WINMAG XS2, THE .300 WINMAG XS3.  THE XS1 COSTS ABOUT $22,000 AND HAS AN EFFECTIVE RANGE OF UP TO 1,200 YARDS. THE XS3 COSTS $17,000.  THE XS3 WEIGHS 15 POUNDS; THE XS1, 19.  ONE JUST HAS TO SEE HIS TARGET, SET SCOPE, TAG TARGET, LET SCOPE CALCULATE TARGET, PULL TRIGGER, WAIT A FEW SECONDS, THEN THE TARGET IS HIT.