Patent ID: 6279259
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: F41G,G02B

Abstract:
A sight adjustment mechanism for a rifle scope, the rifle scope having an inner tube and an outer tube, the outer tube having an interior, the inner tube having first and second ends and positioned within the interior of the outer tube, the outer tube being fixed with respect to the rifle barrel, and the inner tube being adjustable within the outer tube, the adjustment mechanism comprising:a rotating member having an axis of rotation and a threaded portion centered on the axis of rotation, the rotating member adapted for mounting to the outer tube such that, when rotated, the rotating member remains stationary along its axis of rotation relative to the outer tube;a nonrotating threaded adjustment plunger threaded onto the threaded portion of the rotating member and extending within the outer tube toward the inner tube, rotation of the rotating member causing the adjustment plunger to move along the axis of rotation of the rotating member and to displace the inner tube; anda dial movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position such that rotation of the dial when in the engaged position causes the rotating member to rotate and such that, when in the disengaged position, the dial is rotatable relative to the rotating member.