Patent ID: 7343707

Claim:
In a telescopic gunsight having an optical system comprised of a forward objective lens element, a rear eyepiece lens element and intervening erector lens element, the 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 gun, the improvement comprising: the addition into the optical system of a transparent reticle having distance-measuring and aiming indicia, the indicia comprising, orthogonally intersecting center vertical and center horizontal hairlines, four horizontal range-marker hairlines of sequentially incremental length disposed below the center horizontal hairline and each intersecting the center vertical hairline, wherein the dimension of the various features of the reticle correspond to inches of subtention at 100 yards and wherein the center horizontal hairline includes two radially distal portions each forming a post having radially directed innermost and outermost extremities, and wherein the distance between the center point and each of the innermost extremities of the posts is about 25 inches.