Self aiming gun - better called self-firing gun when your aim is "on"

[ziggy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBC8IFWC1P0

No, I don't have one of these... Is anyone familiar with this or ever fired one?

 

[phylodog]

It's been posted here numerous times in the last few years. The company has gone bankrupt once already, I suspect they will again. I don't see the attraction personally. When I hit a target at 1000yds there is a sense of satisfaction about it. Why anyone would want a gun that does the work for you is beyond me.

 

[ghuns]

I believe that's the system Chris Kyle's widow used to beat a pro shooter in some competition they set up. She hit 100%, he hit around 60% if I remember right.

Here you go...

'American Sniper' widow beats NRA champ in shooting competition

 

[T.Lex]

I'm pretty sure I have the opposite. My guns fire when I'm NOT aimed at the bullseye. Almost all the time.

(To pre-empt the Safety Nanny, this is a joke about my marksmanship. All firearms used in the making of this joke were pointed in a safe direction at all times. Particularly safe for the 10 ring.)

 

[88E30M50]

It's been posted here numerous times in the last few years. The company has gone bankrupt once already, I suspect they will again. I don't see the attraction personally. When I hit a target at 1000yds there is a sense of satisfaction about it. Why anyone would want a gun that does the work for you is beyond me.

^^^This^^^

It's like giving your kid a pre-built model airplane. The value of something is pretty closely related to the amount of effort it took to get it. Sitting behind a computerized rifle that hit a target is a whole lot less satisfying than making the shot yourself.

 

[biggen]

I would think that this type of gun will become quite popular in the coming years, as the "everybody gets the same size trophy generation" comes to age.

 

[bigbore]

Perhaps but most people like a challenge. I can see this more with some kind of automated turret.