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MINGUS, Texas -- Billed as the first in the world, a Texas-based company has created a 'smart rifle' that allows even novices to hit targets nearly 1,000 feet away.
Manufactured by Texas company TrackingPoint, it makes promises unlike any other firearm in the market -- ones News 8 had to see to believe.
On a hill near the West Texas town of Mingus, we met Gary Smith, a sales director at TrackingPoint. He's part of the Austin-based start up whose founder, a hunter, dreamed of making aiming easier when it comes to long-range shooting.
“This is very revolutionary,” Smith said. “The system we have today is the result of about three-and-a-half years of product development and about $40 million.”
The first 500 rifles went on sale this January, featuring the Smart Rifle's brains in a high-tech scope. Rotation of the earth, spin drift, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, uphill or downhill angles, and moving targets up to 10 miles per hour –– almost every variable is calculated by computer.
“The only thing the shooter has to do is make a wind call,” Smith said. “It can hit a target out to 1,200 yards.”
Manufactured by Texas company TrackingPoint, it makes promises unlike any other firearm in the market -- ones News 8 had to see to believe.
On a hill near the West Texas town of Mingus, we met Gary Smith, a sales director at TrackingPoint. He's part of the Austin-based start up whose founder, a hunter, dreamed of making aiming easier when it comes to long-range shooting.
“This is very revolutionary,” Smith said. “The system we have today is the result of about three-and-a-half years of product development and about $40 million.”
The first 500 rifles went on sale this January, featuring the Smart Rifle's brains in a high-tech scope. Rotation of the earth, spin drift, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, uphill or downhill angles, and moving targets up to 10 miles per hour –– almost every variable is calculated by computer.
“The only thing the shooter has to do is make a wind call,” Smith said. “It can hit a target out to 1,200 yards.”
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