Patent ID: 8756852

Claim:
A ranging and sighting system for a non-lethal projectile launcher having a first barrel, comprising: a housing; an eyepiece positioned at one end of the housing; and a reticle in the eyepiece, the reticle having a plurality of vertically spaced ranging bars for sighting and ranging a target by bracketing the target with the ranging bar; each ranging bar including a horizontal line of a predetermined length with vertical lines at its ends for bracketing the target's shoulders; the plurality of ranging bars having a plurality of different lengths for bracketing the target's shoulders at different distances, thereby providing an indication of the distance to the target; and each ranging bar having an associated aiming dot for placement on the target aim point when the proper ranging bar is bracketing the target's shoulders; wherein the weapon further includes a lethal projectile launcher, the weapon having a second reticle and a mechanism for switching between the two reticles with different ranging or sighting marks, one reticle with one set of ranging marks being used for the lethal projectile launcher, and the other being used for the non-lethal projectile launcher.