position the rifle will fire as soon as trigger 20 is depressed the term u201c mechanical firing position u201d is used to indicate that the weapon can be fired by simply squeezing the trigger for the specific embodiment described an electrical circuit is obviously involved selector lever 36 can be used as a conventional safety by moving it rearward to safe position 42 0023 fig4 shows a rifle according to the present invention with a cutaway through the stock to reveal internal features two cylindrical cavities are included in the butt portion of stock 12 these cavities are accessed from the rear by removing recoil pad 48 upper bay 50 contains electronics module 56 lower bay 52 contains power supply 54 which is electrically connected to electronics module 56 through a conduit just beneath recoil pad 48 not shown power supply 54 can assume many forms but is generally a set of storage batteries with voltage and current regulating features electronics module 56 includes a radio frequency u201c r f u201d transmitter and receiver a global position system u201c gps u201d receiver an electronic compass indicating the precise heading of the weapon and a microcomputer for processing data transmitted by and to the rifle these devices are preferably housed within a sturdy and shock resistant cylinder sized to fit within upper bay 50 returning briefly to fig1 gps antenna 22 is preferably provided on an external surface of stock 12 it is connected via an internal passage to electronics module 56 the use of such an antenna enhances the accuracy of the gps receiver returning now to fig4 the reader will observe that upper bay 50 is connected to receiver 14 via conduit 58 fig5 shows this feature in more detail conduit 58 houses multi lead cable.