Americans planning to head to Syria and Iraq to fight ISIS head on need not worry about going unarmed. Texas-based gun manufacturer TrackingPoint is doling out a limited amount of weapons to any volunteers for the cost of zilch.
TrackingPoint recently announced that it is offering 10 M600 Service Rifles or M800 Designated Marksman rifles to any American individual or organization that can successfully bring them overseas and use them to fight the terrorist scourge.
“We firmly believe that the M600 SR and M800 DMR will save countless lives and enable our soldiers to dominate enemy combatants including terrorists,” said John McHale, TrackingPoint CEO. “It’s hard to sit back and watch what is happening over there. We want to do our part. Ten guns don’t sound like a lot but the dramatic leap in lethality is a great force multiplier. Those ten guns will feel like two hundred to the enemy.”
The M600 SR is a military precision firearm that can hit targets moving as fast as 15 mph. According to the TrackingPoint site, the gun also delivers “an 87 percent First-Shot-Success-Probability out to 600 yards regardless of shooter experience or skill.” In translation, this gun can become a valuable weapon in almost anyone’s hands. It’s usually price tag rings up at $9,995.
The M800 DMR boasts even greater precision and power. The gun has an 89 percent First-Shot-Success-Probability out to 800 yards–a record that is “33 times the first-shot kill rate of today’s operational snipers.” Make no mistake, the M800 DMR earned its reputation as the “nuclear bomb of small arms” for a reason. It normally costs $15,995.
TrackingPoint estimates that it will start shipping the guns overseas to select Americans by Dec. 5. However, the company will only distribute them to qualified citizens who are legally fighting ISIS. The press release also notes that Taya Kyle, the widow of former SEAL and ‘American Sniper’ author Chris Kyle, will be shooting both firearms at the American Sniper Shootout on the same day.