Patent ID: 6591537
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: F41G,G02B

Abstract:
A method of aiming a rifle equipped with a telescopic gunsight having an optical system comprised of a forward objective lens element, a rear eyepiece lens element and intervening erector lens element, said elements being aligned upon an optical axis constituting a line of sight and protectively confined within an elongated tubular housing adapted to be securely affixed to a rifle, a transparent reticle in said optical system between said objective and erector lens elements, said transparent reticle having distance-measuring and aiming indicia, said indicia comprising a center vertical straight hairline and a center horizontal straight hairline, said center vertical and center horizontal hairlines intersecting perpendicularly, and four straight horizontal range-marker hairlines of sequentially incremental length disposed below said center horizontal hairline in vertically bisected relationship with said center vertical hairline, the method comprising:a) determining the distance to the target employing said reticle, which is placed adjacent to the objective lens, and b) using said determined distance and said reticle range marker hairlines to ascertain a precise aiming point on said reticle for aiming said rifle at the target.