Bullseye from 1,000 yards: Shooting the $17,000 Linux-powered rifle

Re:Bullseye from 1,000 yards: Shooting the $17,000 Linux-pow... by cdash on Sunday March 31, 2013 @11:56PM (#5471344)

I think the largest application would be making a sniper out of a non-sniper. The guy in the video had never fired a rifle before and was able to hit the target dead center at 1,000 yards. If you can lower the costs enough, everyone would be a sniper.

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Re:Bullseye from 1,000 yards: Shooting the $17,000 Linux-pow... by rdl on Monday April 01, 2013 @12:01AM (#5471360)

It would work for "turn a Rifleman into a Designated Marksman", but turning a random person into a great 1000 yard shot is not going to turn them into a conventional sniper (which implies a huge array of other skills beyond shooting).

Turning the DM in a squad into someone who can go from 400-600m to 1000m would be pretty useful, though.

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