Remington 2020 Digital Scope

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Darrell
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Remington 2020 Digital Scope

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I'm surprised nobody has posted this yet, so here goes--Remington is coming out with a digital scope, which will supposedly put you right on target, crunching all the numbers and telling you where to point the rifle:
The Remington 2020 is similar, both in software and hardware, to the Tracking Point system, but one major different is that the Remington 2020 is not connected to the trigger. Instead of releasing/unlocking the trigger at the exact moment the shot should be taken, the Remington 2020 simply gives the shooter a visual alert to pull the trigger. While the Tracking Point system has a range of 1,200 yards, the Remington 2020 can only provide targeting assistance out to 500 yards (although it should be noted that the laser range finding functionality will work out to 750 yards). The scope has a 3-21x magnification.
Along with environmental factors (Temperature, Barometric Pressure, Incline/Decline, Cant, Air Density, Magnus Effect Drift, Target Movement, Coriolis Effect Drift), the Remington 2020 factors in the specific rifle characteristics (Barrel Twist and Direction, Lock Time, Ignition Time and Barrel Time) and ammunition characteristics (Drop, Wind Drift, Spin Drift., Muzzle Velocity). While this should give accurate results, it does means that the scope is coupled to the specific rifle and ammunition combinations that Remington has developed 3D flight models for. At launch there will be three scope/rifle combinations available for purchase. There is one Bushmaster AR-15 chambered in .223, a short action Model 700 chambered in .308 Win. and a long action Model 700 chambered in .30-06. Each of these rifles is matched to two Remington loads and one Barnes load.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013 ... ainstream/

And here's Remington's website on the scope:

http://shoot2020.com/
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PawPaw
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Re: Remington 2020 Digital Scope

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Meh. Sounds a lot like the Burris Eliminator, which is now in its third generation. For a paltry ~$1500 Burris will send you a top-of-the-line model. I can see that it might have utility in certain circumstances, but for most of my needs, I'd simply opt to shoot the rifle, rather than let the computer do it for me.
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Jericho941
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Re: Remington 2020 Digital Scope

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I always wanted to put a targeting pod on my gun. Nice of Remington to make one about 549 pounds lighter.
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