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    Shot a Tracking Point XS1 yesterday

    One of my best friends ordered a XS1 in 338 Lapua a few months ago and took delivery of the rifle yesterday.

    We took it to a local 300 yard range to get acquainted. Obviously this is too short of a range for the round, we just wanted to see how the system works.

    I've shot a large variety of firearms having worked for a good sized class 3 dealer. I have to say shooting the XS1 was by far the most awesome firearms related thing I have ever done.

    Open to answer any questions anyone may have.


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    To afford one of those, I cannot imagine how many children your friend had to sell. Was it as easy as point and shoot as advertised? What exactly goes into the process of getting the scope to hard zero?
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    I'm putting in some time with a XS2 in .300 win mag this weekend, the rep stopped by earlier and gave us the rundown. I am impressed but the $ point puts it way out of my reach. It really is tag, hold down the trigger, and then when you line it up the rifle fires for you.

    Quote Originally Posted by WickedWillis View Post
    Was it as easy as point and shoot as advertised? What exactly goes into the process of getting the scope to hard zero?
    The unit comes already sighted in with a laser alignment feature that is mounted directly to the bore, after every shot the optic re-aligns itself within .01MOA in under a millisecond, so you never need to re-zero.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WickedWillis View Post
    To afford one of those, I cannot imagine how many children your friend had to sell. Was it as easy as point and shoot as advertised? What exactly goes into the process of getting the scope to hard zero?
    It literally is like working a computer mouse and point and click. Tag the target, press and hold the trigger( light but it doesnt matter cause the rifle isn't firing then anyway), and then putting the crosshairs on the tagged dot.

    The 338 had surprisingly little recoil. I'm sure partially because the rifle weights a ton.

    What really struck me was the $9 a round price of proprietary ammo.

    But I have to think that you could take someone who has never shot a rifle at all and if they have every played any first person shooter they would almost instantaneously know how to make 500 yard shots.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VIP3R 237 View Post
    I'm putting in some time with a XS2 in .300 win mag this weekend, the rep stopped by earlier and gave us the rundown. I am impressed but the $ point puts it way out of my reach. It really is tag, hold down the trigger, and then when you line it up the rifle fires for you.



    The unit comes already sighted in with a laser alignment feature that is mounted directly to the bore, after every shot the optic re-aligns itself within .01MOA in under a millisecond, so you never need to re-zero.
    I think after you tag the crosshair appears blue and not immediately red (near ready to fire) because of height over bore and distance/drop issues. I think with practice you could start making shots from tag to impact in less than a second.

    As far as price goes. I agree, but stomaching the cost of the rifle is easy to me compared to the ongoing proprietary ammo costs. 200 round cases for $1800. My kitted AR was only slightly more than that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VIP3R 237 View Post
    I'm putting in some time with a XS2 in .300 win mag this weekend, the rep stopped by earlier and gave us the rundown. I am impressed but the $ point puts it way out of my reach. It really is tag, hold down the trigger, and then when you line it up the rifle fires for you.



    The unit comes already sighted in with a laser alignment feature that is mounted directly to the bore, after every shot the optic re-aligns itself within .01MOA in under a millisecond, so you never need to re-zero.

    Thank you for that I had not seen one up close like that yet.
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    I do not like this technology. The reasons are two fold. 1) Any person with enough practice to "naturally" shoot 500 yds or more will have gained an expansive knowledge about ballistics, safety, rifle mechanics, etc. 2) Any machine technology can fail, and the results of failure in this platform are completely unknown.... Someone who doesn't understand guns might do something EXCEPTIONALLY unsafe trying to remedy the issue. In short, I believe that a person should be capable and responsible for the operations that cause a bullet to come out of the gun. All of the software should be in the skull, IMHO.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FeltaDorce View Post
    I do not like this technology. The reasons are two fold. 1) Any person with enough practice to "naturally" shoot 500 yds or more will have gained an expansive knowledge about ballistics, safety, rifle mechanics, etc. 2) Any machine technology can fail, and the results of failure in this platform are completely unknown.... Someone who doesn't understand guns might do something EXCEPTIONALLY unsafe trying to remedy the issue. In short, I believe that a person should be capable and responsible for the operations that cause a bullet to come out of the gun. All of the software should be in the skull, IMHO.
    I agree, I also think the keyboard you are typing on should only be sold with a proper government permit. I mean think of all the dangerous things an irresponsible person could type and disseminate via that new fangled world wide webby thingy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FeltaDorce View Post
    I do not like this technology. The reasons are two fold. 1) Any person with enough practice to "naturally" shoot 500 yds or more will have gained an expansive knowledge about ballistics, safety, rifle mechanics, etc. 2) Any machine technology can fail, and the results of failure in this platform are completely unknown.... Someone who doesn't understand guns might do something EXCEPTIONALLY unsafe trying to remedy the issue. In short, I believe that a person should be capable and responsible for the operations that cause a bullet to come out of the gun. All of the software should be in the skull, IMHO.
    You're going to HATE the future.

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    I believe that CCK has grossly misrepresented what I have said here..... I'm not calling for gov permits! Would you let your 16 year old kid drive an Indy car? What if the car automatically avoided the walls, but still drove 200 MPH? You need to use your brain here CCK, I am not your enemy.
    "We must surrender our attachments to government in every aspect of life. This goes for the right and the left. We need to give up our dependencies on the state, materially and spiritually. We should not look to the state to provide for us financially or psychologically.... Let us understand that it is far better to live in an imperfect world than it is to live in a despotic world ruled by people who lord over us through force and intimidation. - Dr. Ron Paul

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