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I'll take this in .40 cal please

Grapeshot

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Have to wonder at what price this new technological marvel and whether they shall be available to "common citizens."
 
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I wonder if they make these programmed to specifically hit family pets, for the DEA to use during no-knock raids?
 
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Superlite27 said:
Suckers of the world beware! I'm gonna make a fortune!

"Betcha $100 I can hit that tin can at 300 yards........blindfolded."
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Presume you mean the tin can to be blindfolded, since the initial target acquisition would requiring some form of "sighting." :p
 
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Sig229 said:
Pretty cool. But I dont know how many bad guys are going to stand around and let the bullet home in on them.
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They home in on the target using a laser designator, most of which don't use visible light. If you think they'll see the round coming, at 2,200 ft/second that's a 2.4-second flight, but good luck spotting a two-inch round, head on, from 100 ft away, much less a mile away.

The photo was taken by putting an LED on the round itself. Actual rounds won't have those.
 
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since9 said:
They home in on the target using a laser designator, most of which don't use visible light. If you think they'll see the round coming, at 2,200 ft/second that's a 2.4-second flight, but good luck spotting a two-inch round, head on, from 100 ft away, much less a mile away.

The photo was taken by putting an LED on the round itself. Actual rounds won't have those.
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Okay, that makes sense.
But have any of you ever try to steady a laser light past 50 yards away?
Even with the most steady of hands, the dot is all over the place.

Close up, yeah it would work fine.
 
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Sig229 said:
Okay, that makes sense.
But have any of you ever try to steady a laser light past 50 yards away?
Even with the most steady of hands, the dot is all over the place.

Close up, yeah it would work fine.
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Why would a laser wobble any more than the image in a telescopic sight?
Sure, if you hold the thing in your hands like a pair of binoculars it might, but for precision work with lasers you use the same tools and methods that you use with telephotography or long-distance shooting.
 
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Yea, but when you're shooting you only have to wait for that right instant to pull off the shot. If you're skilled enough then you can pull off a great shot even if you have the most unsteady hands/shooting platform. With this you have to hold on the target, you have to be there when the round gets there. Not when it leaves the gun.
 
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