New(ish) from ATN: X-Sight II

By Robert Farago

ATN began its corporate life in California in a burned-out bank building where a couple of gung-ho guys assembled night vision optics. Skip ahead to today and the company is worth $40m, employing some 50 people. CEO James Munn is one of them. And he’s got a winner on his hands. “We sold 30 thousand X-Sight I’s,” the former Army Specialist told TTAG. “We’ve already got 30 thousand orders for the new unit.” No surprise there. A $699 day night vision scope is a wonderful thing. But the X-Sight II goes well beyond that remit. Although it doesn’t pull the trigger for you, the X-Sight II does everything a multi-thousand dollar Tracking Point scope does — and then some. For example, it recoil activated high-def video. I know what you’re thinking . . .

if the gun’s recoil activates the video, it’s too late! And it would be — if the X-Sight II didn’t constantly buffer the video signal, saving the ten seconds of data before the gun was fired, and 20 seconds of video afterwards (or more). Clever eh? Wouldn’t it be nice if the X-Sight II had Bluetooth to quickly transfer the video to a smart phone …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns