SHOT 2014: Tracking Point a game changer for tactical fire control
Tracking Point is displaying an advanced scope for its Precision Guided Firearms (PGF) at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas.
The company’s PGF scope design combines target tracking, heads-up displays and advanced fire control technologies to significantly increase first round hit probabilities out to a range of about 1200 yards.
Industry observers are calling this ‘the dawn of the age of smart rifles,’ and Scott Calvin from Tracking Point told Shephard the company had created a precision guided firearm that enables even an average shooter to consistently hit their target at long range.
‘We’ve done that by taking a networked tracking
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