Electronic Targets
- Thread starter Ganderite
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Cool. I'd love to have one of those back in my group and zero days
You can get in a lot of shooting with one of those, no need to peek through your spotter or walk up to look at the target. Just turn your head, look at your i-pad, mark it if you'd like, shoot again. No need to have anyone working the butts pulling and marking targets either. Wonderful tool, it would be nice if Borden and Kingston had them.
The Silver Mountain targets are wireless from the target to the firing point, and will not work with a subsonic bullet. Perpendicular isn't too big of a problem with this system as we can shoot at least 3 shooters wide at 300m.
N-B has been using them in f-class for a few years now and they work good no more Butt duties just sit there and watch the scores as they happen on your tablet.
They speed up a match and are quickly setup and also the absolute perfect target for shooting at long range no driving out to check shots and tape holes.
They speed up a match and are quickly setup and also the absolute perfect target for shooting at long range no driving out to check shots and tape holes.
You can't clear shots on a camera it doesn't tell you the speed of the bullet you can't go back to look at strings , group size etc ,the electronic targets do a lot more than you could imagine , there are different targets keeps track of more than one shooter keeps score if you want it to and there is more.
I had a chance to shoot on a couple of these targets http://electronictargetscanada.com/en/index.php
similar idea, but the target boards are already assembled, just replace the skin on them. We ran the 6ft screen out to a little over 1 mile and shot at it with a .50, worked very very well.
They are far from cheap though.
similar idea, but the target boards are already assembled, just replace the skin on them. We ran the 6ft screen out to a little over 1 mile and shot at it with a .50, worked very very well.
They are far from cheap though.
Unless you're practicing indirect fire, wouldn't 'line of sight' be a given for target shooting?
I tend the SMT's for my club. The radios do need line of site for 900m+. For shorts they can point backwards and will still connect. The radio at the target is usually mounted on the edge of the target. There is a cable from each corner of the target that connects to a wiring harness and to the system. Total set up time is about five minutes per target for one man. Calibration requires firing one shot at the target and then measuring the offset and entering this into the system. In many cases calibration is not required. The shots must be supersonic or they will not register. The great thing about SMT is that they can be put on any target in any condition and they will work properly. There is no maintenance required and therefore zero cost, less than even a manual target. For 300 I have the shots landing two minutes high (and make sure everyone is aware) so that the centre of the target does not get blown away and the F guys always have a complete target to aim at. The software is improving at a great rate. The guys that have dreamt this stuff up are really smart to say the least. I don't know if anyone before has said it but they are
MADE IN CANADA!
I believe the current cost per target is $3000US for the complete system, you supply the actual target. The US Army Marksmanship Unit will soon have a full range of twenty five SMT's.
MADE IN CANADA!
I believe the current cost per target is $3000US for the complete system, you supply the actual target. The US Army Marksmanship Unit will soon have a full range of twenty five SMT's.
