Auto aim

[Gasser64]

Hmm... not sure if useful...

Maybe for very fast moving, and very erratic targets? I do like the readouts though

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/17000-linux-powered-rifle-brings-auto-aim-to-the-real-world/

[YALE]

Next you're gonna break the news that Sam Colt invented the revolver, aren't you?

[Gasser64]

Not real sure what I broke the news of here, but sure, what the hell.

[BMCSean]

Tracking point has been out since 2013, we've talked about it several times on the board.

[Moose242]

Tracking point has been out since 2013, we've talked about it several times on the board.

It's Justin though. Pic very related.

[svauto-erotic855]

Next you're gonna break the news that Sam Colt invented the revolver, aren't you?

The first revolvers on record came about in the 1580s. Sam Colt even bought what was at the time a nearly 250 year old revolver that was on display in the Tower of London to study. I think that you meant to say that Sam Colt invented the first revolver that was mass produced.

[Moose242]

The first revolvers on record came about in the 1580s. Sam Colt even bought what was at the time a nearly 250 year old revolver that was on display in the Tower of London to study. I think that you meant to say that Sam Colt invented the first revolver that was mass produced.

That is quite pedantic.

Lets all agree that colloquially James Watt invented the steam engine, Johannes Gutenberg the printing press, and Sam Colt the revolver.

[Ruffdaddy]

That is quite pedantic.

Lets all agree that colloquially James Watt invented the steam engine, Johannes Gutenberg the printing press, and Sam Colt the revolver.

Still not as bad as being a grammar nazi.

[svauto-erotic855]

That is quite pedantic.

Lets all agree that colloquially James Watt invented the steam engine, Johannes Gutenberg the printing press, and Sam Colt the revolver.

So lets not be bothered by facts?

[YALE]

So lets not be bothered by facts?

Were they reliable percussion cap revolvers, or one-off experiments?

[Gasser64]

That is quite pedantic.

Lets all agree that colloquially James Watt invented the steam engine, Johannes Gutenberg the printing press, and Sam Colt the revolver.

And henry ford invented the automobile too!

Go ahead and repost that pic in response to yourself.

[Moose242]

Were they reliable percussion cap revolvers, or one-off experiments?

One off shit like impractical multi-chambered matchlocks that did not exhibit many characteristics of a revolver aside from having some form of multi-shot capability.

And henry ford invented the automobile too!

Go ahead and repost that pic in response to yourself.

I don't think I have ever heard anyone say that.

[mustang_revival]

From wiki:

Francesco Antonio Broccu developed a percussion cap revolver in 1833, which he received a prize of 300 francs for, though he didn't patent it.
The revolver mechanism was sometimes used in rifle design. The problem with this approach is that the hot gas that leaks from the gap between the cylinder and barrel can burn the user's forward hand.

In 1836, Samuel Colt patented a revolver mechanism that led to the widespread use of the revolver.

[Moose242]

Colt beat him to the punch and made a prototype in 1832:




He got the idea from the way a ship's wheel was spun and how each spoke always came in direct line with a clutch that could be set to hold it.

In 1832 Colt took his guns to the US Patent Office in Washington. His designs were granted US Patents in 1836.

[mustang_revival]

Early revolvers were called pepper-boxes and they had multiple barrels which revolved about an axis and a common firing mechanism. The earliest ones exist from 1597 (a revolving arquebus) and use matchlock mechanisms. In the 1700s, James Puckle invented the "Puckle Gun" which had multiple firing chambers and one common barrel and firing mechanism. A hand crank rotated the firing chambers and brought each one in line with the barrel and firing mechanism. Elisha Collier of Boston, patented a popular revolver model in 1818, which used the flintlock firing mechanism. He also produced revolving shotguns and rifles. In 1819, John Evans of London bought Collier's patent and produced several weapons which were used by British soldiers stationed in India.

Many big developments in revolver technology were by Samuel Colt. In 1836, he patented his first revolver model. It was manufactured in Colt's factory in Paterson, New Jersey, and hence it is popularly called the "Paterson revolver." While Colt's name is the most famous one associated with revolvers, he never claimed to invent the concept. In fact, the Paterson revolver was an improved variant of the concept invented by Collier. Some of Colt's big innovations dealt with applying concepts of mass production, interchangeable parts and assembly line techniques to revolver production and this reduced the price of revolvers. He was also an excellent salesman and promoter and his weapons became extremely popular with the public. One of his later models was nicknamed "Peacemaker" and "Equalizer". A popular saying of the time went "Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them all equal!"