Patent ID: 7222452

Claim:
A reticle for use in a telescopic gunsight, the reticle comprising: orthogonally intersecting center vertical and center horizontal hairlines; first indicia intersecting the center vertical hairline and disposed at a first spacing distance below the center horizontal hairline, the intersection of the first indicia and the center vertical line operable for providing an aiming point at a first predetermined range from the reticle for a first predetermined gun factor and for providing the aiming point at a second predetermined range from the reticle for a second predetermined gun factor; and second indicia intersecting the center vertical hairline and disposed below the first indicia and further disposed at a second spacing distance below the center horizontal hairline, the intersection of the second indicia and the center vertical line operable for providing the aiming point at a third predetermined range from the reticle for the first predetermined gun factor and for providing the aiming point at a fourth predetermined range from the reticle for the second predetermined gun factor, wherein the second predetermined range and the third predetermined range are the same, and wherein the second predetermined range and the third predetermined range are about 300 yards.