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US 7,726,229 B2Granted
Rotatable and retractable rear gun sight
AssigneeCrane Tactical, Inc.
InventorsGregory D Schwerman, Ronald W Albanese
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Abstract
A rotatable and retractable rear gun sight is disclosed. The rear gun sight is coupled to a body of a gun. Three different apertures are provided for rear sight viewing of targets of three different distances. The apertures can be rotated out of view or into use depending on the estimated target distance. The rear gun sight can also be flipped down.
Claims12
A rear sight for mounting to a gun, the rear sight comprising:
- a frame member configured to be mounted to the gun;
- and
- a rotatable sight member supported by the frame member and rotatable with respect to the frame member about an axis of rotation, the rotatable sight member including:
- a first sight aperture carried by a first radial arm and having a first sighting center located at a first radial distance from the axis of rotation;
- and
- a second sight aperture carried by a second radial arm and having a second sighting center located at a second radial distance from the axis of rotation which is different than the first radial distance, the second sight aperture also being angularly spaced from the first sight aperture relative to the axis of rotation.
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