Universal firearm marksmanship system
View Patent ↗A universal marksmanship training system is disclosed herein configured to utilize a display device comprising a graphic display. A software application may also be provided. The software application is often configured to display a virtual target on the graphic display. A chamber insert may be utilized, the chamber insert configured to be positioned with the firing chamber of a firearm to be zeroed, wherein the chamber insert interacts with the software application to determine alignment of a bore of the firearm to a bore alignment point on the graphic display. In one form, the display device displays a sight target on the graphic display wherein the sight target is visually perceived by a marksman, and is offset from the bore alignment point by a offset distance. In one form, the software application calculates the sight target relative to the bore alignment point of the firearm given a set of condition variables.
1. A universal marksmanship training system for a live fire firearm with sights providing a sight picture when viewed along a sight line, a barrel with a bore there through, the training system comprising:
a display device comprising a graphic display configured to be mounted rearward of the sights of the firearm;
the display device comprising a camera aligned with the sight line;
the camera capturing a visual target image of the sight picture;
a display app;
a chamber insert configured to be positioned with the chamber of the firearm;
wherein the chamber insert interacts with the display app to determine alignment of the bore of the firearm relative to the visual target;
the display app configured to display a vertical offset of the sight line relative to the bore of the firearm;
wherein the display app calculates the vertical offset distance of the sight target relative to the bore alignment point given a set of condition variables; and
the display app configured to display the vertical offset of the visual target relative to the bore of the firearm.
2. The training system as recited in claim 1 wherein the condition variables are selected from the list consisting of:
elevation of a live-fire target relative to the firearm;
weather conditions expected at the live-fire target;
ballistic characteristics of the firearm;
ballistics characteristics of a cartridge to be fired;
distance to the live-fire target; and
marksman firing offset.
3. The training system as recited in claim 1 further comprising sights selected from the list consisting of open sights, iron sights, closed sights, an optical sight, scope, laser sight, and a red dot sight.
4. The training system as recited in claim 1 wherein the chamber insert comprises a laser device.
5. The training system as recited in claim 4 further comprising a magazine having a power supply electrically coupled to the chamber insert.