(I don't work for this company, just a report)

I was invited to a live-fire demo for the Bullet Sensor (www.bulletsensor.com) at Fort William Henry Harrison outside of Helena yesterday. The thing is way cool.

The company was showing a few National Guard training centers how it worked. Essentially its a target with sensors on it, transmitter, receiver and laptop with software.

Your hit point shows up on the laptop screen exactly (exactly!!) where it hit on the target. A database gives you your group size, distance from center and a bunch of other information that the military likes when training new guys or old guys on new weapons.

It was pretty fun to see the competition heat up among the NG groups and the Marine guy who was showing them how to use it. You get to save your target picture with all of the hit points and your "data" so no one gets a pass.

They set up the target at about 350 yards. It did take a bit to set it up, but you only walk down range twice, once to set it up and once to take it down. You don't have to keep stacks of old targets, its all saved on the computer. The NG was happy about that since it seems like they spend a bunch of time handling paper instead of training.

Based on the DoD's requirements they've been using it at 600 yards most of the time. Johnny Marine Guy told me that he's hit the frame/sensor array a few times when the wind picked up, not cool. They also set it up for rapid/automatic fire for M4/AR15 training. The soldier gets a quick look at how wide he sprayed his pattern.

I'm not a benchres/target guy and haven't posted in this forum ever, just thought some people might like to know what's around the corner in automated targeting. The addicted target shooter with money to burn would have a gas with this thing. I'll be sticking to cans and logs for my twice a year sight ins.

We have an active "Swiss Rifle" group at our club and they have been using electronic targets for years. Their course of fire is 300 meters. All of the hits show up on screen and the damned computer even gives them sight adjustments. High-Tech for sure.

I can see where this would be very useful at 300 and 600 where you don't have a pit crew!
peter.

eddie

I thought there were some other systems like this one but didn't know there was one that was available for that long. The DoD has a few systems but they are apparently plagued by lightning strikes.

OK and just HOW precisely does it determine the bullet's impact location? +/- what?

Their web site doesn't say!

Accoustic Targets

These have been around a while. There is a recently opened range near San Angleo Texas that has some sort of down range system.

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