1000 yard smart rifle

[joshuabardwell]

And then came the wind with the horizontal rain!

My understanding is that the round has been designed with low enough ballistic coefficient that wind can be ignored. It really is a complete system.

 

[joshuabardwell]

A problem arises if the target moves or is moving. The red dot will maintain its position in space rather than moving along with the target. At least that is what I get from the article.

I thought I heard it would do image processing to keep the dot on the target even if it moved. Not outside the realm of possibility at all, even if it's not implemented yet.

 

[patrick_g]

ATF&E don't seem to care.

Anyway it only "dopes" the wind at the shooter's position. There are lots of opportunities for winds down range to be different and cause significant misses. In a uniform wind field it is awesome but if shooting across a valley or other "feature" it is altogether likely there will be significantly different winds along the trajectory from those at the shooter's position. Winds are especially difficult to dope over extreme ranges, especially if they are variable as then you can't "walk" your shots over to the target.

Want to be humbled? Shoot something like my 6.5 mm Creedmore which was developed expressly for long range targets out to 1000 meters or more. With more or less stable conditions (little variability in the winds along the trajectory) a decent shooter making shots from a prone position or bench with a bipod or bags should pattern inside a 10 inch circle at 1000 yds or meters.

Rain? forgetaboutit!

Pat

 

[patrick_g]

There is no such round for this weapon in .300 or the Lapua version. At ranges of 1000m with available chamberings there is no such magic bullet.


Pat