Patent ID: 8091268

Claim:
An assembly for a projectile weapon aiming system comprising: a reticle including an aiming mark superposed on a field of view of the projectile weapon aiming system and indicating a primary aiming point along a line of sight of the projectile weapon aiming system, wherein the primary aiming point indicates an expected impact location of a projectile at a selected range at which the projectile weapon aiming system is sighted-in; and a non-alphanumeric visual aiming aid including a vertical hold mark responsive to a range to a target, the vertical hold mark having a first appearance indicating that the range to the target is different from the selected range, and wherein the first appearance also indicates that the primary aiming point is not properly vertically offset relative to an image of the target viewed through the projectile weapon aiming system to hit the target with a projectile when the projectile weapon aiming system is mounted on a projectile weapon, and a second appearance indicating that the primary aiming point is properly vertically offset from the image of the target viewed through the projectile weapon aiming system to hit the target with a projectile when the projectile weapon aiming system is mounted on a projectile weapon wherein the vertical hold mark includes a horizontal aiming line of the reticle intersecting the primary aiming point.