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SHOT 2014: Tracking Point a game changer for tactical fire control

15th January 2014 - 10:24 GMT | by Scott Gourley in Las Vegas

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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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Scott Gourley is a US-based writer on defence and security issues. A former US Army …

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