Apparatus And Method For Calculating Aiming Point Information
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1. A ballistics calculator system for computing targeting information to hit a target, comprising a processor, said processor comprising:
- a ballistics computer program for analyzing information needed to accurately aim a firearm at a target using a target acquisition device with a reticle, said program using information regarding one or more of;
a) external conditions;
b) the firearm being used;
c) the projectile being used;
d) the target acquisition device and reticle being used;
e) the shooter;
f) the relation of the shooter and the target, wherein said target can be greater than 1000 yards from the shooter; and
g) the ballistics drag model and retardation coefficient being used.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges at stationary and moving targets.
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1. A ballistics calculator system for computing targeting information to hit a target, comprising a processor, said processor comprising:
- a ballistics computer program for analyzing information needed to accurately aim a firearm at a target using a target acquisition device with a reticle, said program using information regarding one or more of;
a) external conditions; b) the firearm being used; c) the projectile being used; d) the target acquisition device and reticle being used; e) the shooter; f) the relation of the shooter and the target, wherein said target can be greater than 1000 yards from the shooter; and g) the ballistics drag model and retardation coefficient being used. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
- a ballistics computer program for analyzing information needed to accurately aim a firearm at a target using a target acquisition device with a reticle, said program using information regarding one or more of;
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12. The ballistics calculator system of 10, wherein said distance between the shooter and target is greater than 100 yards.
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70. A method for shooting a target, comprising:
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a) a target acquisition device, comprising; 1) a housing; 2) a means for mounting said housing in a fixed, predetermined position relative to a firearm; 3) an objective lens mounted in one end of said housing; 4) an ocular lens mounted in the opposite end of said housing; 5) a reticle, comprising; i) a plurality of primary cross-hairs separated by predetermined distances; ii) a plurality of secondary cross-hairs at predetermined distances along said plurality of primary cross-hairs; ii) a plurality of lead markings indicating rate of movement of the target along at least one said cross-hair; b) the ballistics calculator of aim 1; c) selecting an aiming point on said target acquisition device that accounts for the relation of the shooter to the target; and d) using said targeting information displayed by said ballistics calculator system to aim said firearm so as to hit said target. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72)
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