APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AIMING POINT INFORMATION
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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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14. A method for using a ballistics calculator to generate aiming information, said ballistics calculator comprising a processor, a display screen, and a ballistics computer program on a computer readable medium, said method comprising:
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a) inputting information into said ballistics calculator regarding a target acquisition device, said target acquisition device comprising a reticle, said reticle comprising; i) a primary horizontal cross-hair; ii) a primary vertical cross-hair that intersects said primary horizontal cross-hair; iii) two or more vertical lead markings upon said primary horizontal cross-hair; iv) two or more horizontal line rangefinder markings above said vertical lead markings to the left of said primary vertical cross-hair and two or more horizontal line rangefinder markings above said vertical lead markings to the right of said primary vertical cross-hair; v) two or more evenly spaced simultaneously visible straight line secondary horizontal cross-hairs on said primary vertical cross-hair below said primary horizontal cross-hair; and vi) two or more simultaneously visible straight line secondary vertical cross-hairs on said simultaneously visible straight line secondary horizontal cross-hairs below said primary horizontal cross-hair, wherein an intersection of at least one of said two or more simultaneously visible straight line secondary vertical cross-hairs and at least one of said two or more simultaneously visible straight line secondary horizontal cross-hairs provides an aiming point; b) inputting information into said ballistics calculator regarding one or more of; i) external conditions; ii) a projectile; iii) a relation of a shooter and a target; and iv) a ballistics drag model and ballistic coefficient; c) calculating aiming information from said information regarding the target acquisition device and said information regarding one or more of external conditions, a projectile, a relation of a shooter and a target, and a ballistics drag model and ballistic coefficient by running said ballistics computer program on said processor; and d) displaying said aiming information on said display. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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