Apparatus and method for calculating aiming point information

A reticle, comprising:

• a) a first horizontal cross-hair;
• b) a first vertical cross-hair that intersects said first horizontal cross-hair wherein the intersection of said first vertical cross-hair and said first horizontal cross-hair comprises a gap and a central dot;
• c) three or more second vertical lines that contact or intersect said first horizontal cross-hair, wherein three or more of said three or more second vertical cross-hairs that contact or intersect said first horizonal cross-hair are spaced at predetermined even spaces, wherein three or more of said three or more second vertical cross-hairs that contact or intersect said first horizontal cross-hairs are of graduated length, wherein three or more of said three or more second vertical cross-hairs that contact or intersect said first horizontal cross-hair of graduated length are graduated in length in a pattern replicated to the user's left and to the user's right of the intersection of said first horizontal cross-hair and said vertical cross-hair;
• d) three or more second horizontal lines on said first vertical cross-hair above said intersection of said first horizontal cross-hair and said first vertical cross-hair, wherein two or more of said three or more second horizontal lines on said first vertical cross-hair above said intersection of said first horizontal cross-hair and said first vertical cross-hair are of unequal length, wherein three or more of said three or more second horizontal lines on said first vertical cross-hair above said intersection of said first horizontal cross-hair and said first vertical cross-hair are spaced at predetermined even spaces;
• e) four or more second horizontal cross-hairs of graduated length on said first vertical cross-hair at predetermined distances below said intersection of said first horizontal cross-hair and said first vertical cross-hair:
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• f) four or more second horizontal cross-hairs of identical length on said first vertical cross-hair at predetermined distances below said intersection of said first horizontal cross-hair and said first vertical cross-hair, wherein said four or more second horizontal cross-hairs of identical length on said first vertical cross-hair below said intersection of said first horizontal cross-hair and said first vertical cross-hair are below said four or more second cross-hairs of graduated length on said first vertical cross-hair at predetermined distances below said intersection of said first horizontal cross-hair and said first vertical cross-hair.