Supplementary appliance for telescopic sights

Abstract

The invention proposes a supplementary appliance (3) in order to produce an illuminated reticle (5) for telescopic sights (1), which can be fitted as required to different telescopic sights (1), to be precise to their objective end (2), and allows the user to aim at his target reliably even in twilight or moonlight. An inner ring (12) is mounted such that it can be adjusted centrally in an annular cage (9) which can be pushed onto the objective side (2) of a telescopic sight (1), and the light from a point light source (19) is directed onto a lens (20) which is held on the center axis of the inner ring (12). The diameter of the light beam which emerges from the light source is limited by optical means (21, 29) at the object-side focal point of the lens (20), and the light beams which leave the lens (20) are directed onto the aiming point (7) in the reticle (5) or crosswires (6) of the telescopic sight (1). This new, external illuminated reticle produces a small, sharp light spot directly in the reticle (5) or at the aiming point (7) of the crosswires (6) in a telescopic sight (1) so that there is no need to estimate or average the aiming point (7). No calibration firing is required; the light spot is made to coincide with the aiming point (7) in the reticle (5) by using adjustment or adjusting screws (11, 34) to adjust the position of the inner ring (12) in the cage (9).

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