Patent ID: 8166696
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
1. A rifle scope with adjustment stop comprising: a scope body having a threaded bore; a movable optical element defining an optical axis connected to the scope body; a turret having a screw received in the threaded bore and operably connected to the optical element for adjusting the optical axis in response to rotation of the screw; the turret having a stop element selectably engaged to the screw; the body defining a stop surface positioned for engagement by the turret stop element to limit rotation of the screw, such that the relative position at which the stop element is secured to the screw defines a zero position of the screw and the movable optical element; the turret having an indexing portion frictionally engaged with the stop element; and wherein the stop element is held stable against the stop surface by the indexing portion while the relative position at which the stop element is secured to the screw to define the zero position is adjusted.