CA1085200A - Sighting device for small arms - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A dual sighting instrument for small arms comprising an optical sighting portion including a tubular shell body having an objective lens at the front thereof which forms a primary image of the objects viewed. A reticle or other sighting point internally mounted in the tubular shell at the point where the image is formed in the telescope to indicate the point of aim. An erecting system in said optical portion which re-inverts the image so that it can be seen right side up and in correct left to right position. An eyepiece mounted at the rear of said telescope shell from which the image enters the eye. And an auxiliary sighting system mounted on said telescopic body including a rear sight member exteriorly mounted on said telescopic body adjacent and over said eyepiece portion, and a front sight member exteriorly mounted on said telescopic body forwardly of said rear sight and adjacent and over said objective lens, both said rear sight and said front sight members being aligned with the point of aim of said telescopic system. The point of aim of said internal reticle system may have external means for internal adjustment thereof within said scope body or the point of aim of the internal and external sighting means of said dual telescopic system may be fixedly located and adjusted by means of an adjustment incorporated between the telescopic body and said mount. The front and rear iron sights have special mounts to provide aiming adjustment correlated with the reticle.
A dual sighting instrument for small arms comprising an optical sighting portion including a tubular shell body having an objective lens at the front thereof which forms a primary image of the objects viewed. A reticle or other sighting point internally mounted in the tubular shell at the point where the image is formed in the telescope to indicate the point of aim. An erecting system in said optical portion which re-inverts the image so that it can be seen right side up and in correct left to right position. An eyepiece mounted at the rear of said telescope shell from which the image enters the eye. And an auxiliary sighting system mounted on said telescopic body including a rear sight member exteriorly mounted on said telescopic body adjacent and over said eyepiece portion, and a front sight member exteriorly mounted on said telescopic body forwardly of said rear sight and adjacent and over said objective lens, both said rear sight and said front sight members being aligned with the point of aim of said telescopic system. The point of aim of said internal reticle system may have external means for internal adjustment thereof within said scope body or the point of aim of the internal and external sighting means of said dual telescopic system may be fixedly located and adjusted by means of an adjustment incorporated between the telescopic body and said mount. The front and rear iron sights have special mounts to provide aiming adjustment correlated with the reticle.
Description
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention This invention relates to sighting systems for small arms and more particularly to sighting systems for rifles, shotguns and pistols.
Description of the Prior Art Telescopic or scope sights for rifles are well known in the prior art. However dual sighting means for telescopic small arms sights are not known previously to this inventor.
The disadvantages of the conventional telescopic sights presently mounted on small arms equipment lies in the difficulties entercountered when close-up, near, or snap shots are to be made by the shooter. When the target is moving rapidly in the field, the scope reticle is very difficult to align with the target because of the limited field of view of the target afforded by the telescopic sight at close range, especially when using telescopic sights of four power amplification and upwards. However, on the other hand, if one cuts the power of the scope down enough, such as to two and a half power or three power or more to provide a wider field of view for ~ast, close or near shooting, one does not have enough amplification to adequately determine the species of game that one is shooting at, such as in deer hunting when it is necessary to distinguish the female of the species from the male. However, even with low amplified or powered scopes, snap shooting is difficult with telescopic sights because of the delay in aligning the human eye with the exact pupil diameter of the scope when the target ~ ;
is moving rapidly, and because the scope frame covers a substantial portion of the target at close range.
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Accordingly the problem and difficulties that are encountered in the prior art using a telescopic sight for small arms are obviated by the present invention, in which I provide a dual sighting system for small arms shooting which is a combination of non-magnified sight direc-tly connec~ed exteriorly to the body of a telescopic small arms sight and wherein said non-magnified sight is aligned in aiming relationship with the internal sighting system of the small arms telescopic sight for zeroing in on the same target.
An object of my invention is stated in the above ABSTRACT OF DISCLOSURE.
It is another object of this my invention to provide a dual sight for small arms combat and hunting use including a near aiming means mounted integrally on the elongated body of the telescopic portion of said sight and arranged and adapted to be aligned over the internal aiming means of said telescopic portion so that the near aiming means may be quickly used for near shots and the internal telescopic magnification aiming means can be used for distance shots.
It is another object of this invention to provide an auxiliary iron sighting or aiming system mounted externally on the tubular body of an elongated telescopic small arms sight with the front sight of said iron sight system fixedly mounted at the front or objective lens end of said telescopic sight and the rear iron sight element mounted adjacent the eyepiece end or rear of said telescopic sight, with the rear iron sight and front iron sight aiming point aligned over and sighted in with the internal aiming point of the reticle of said telescopic sight. Special mounts are provided for said front and rear sights to facilitate alignment of aiming :~852~:)V
point thereof with the reticle of the optic portion.
It is another object of this my invention to provide a dual sighting system for small arms wherein a telescopic sight having an internal magnification aiming means, including a reticle, is sighted in with an external aiming means mounted fixedly on the body of said telescopic sight. The externally mountedsighting system point of aim is aligned with the reticle of the internal magnification sighting system and the dual sighting mechanism is provided with mounting means for mounting said dual sighting system to a small arms receiver.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING
The present invention may be better understood and numerous other features and advantages thereof will become apparent to those skilled in the art by references to the accompanying drawing wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements in the various figures in which:
FIGURE 1 iS a pictorial view of my dual telescope mounted sighting system, showing iron sight system mounted to the body of said telescope.
FIGURE 2 iS a partially cut-away end view of my sighting device taken in the directions of arrows 2 - 2 of figure 1.
FIGURE 3 is a sectional view of my sighting means taken along lines 3 - 3 of figure 2.
FIGURE 4 iS a plan view of my sighting system taken along lines 4 - 4 of figure 3.
FIGURE 5 is a sectional shortened view or my sighting system taken along lines 5 - 5 of figure 2 showing a revised positioning of my rear sight on the telescope bell and my front sight on a straight tube of the telescopic portion of my sighting means.
FIGURE 6 is an end sectional view taken along lines 6 - 6 of figure 5 showing my modified front sight arrangement.
. , . , :, , : ,, ~52~1 FIGURE 7 is a plan view taken along lines 7 - 7 of figure 6.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
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Referring now in detail to the drawing, particularly to figure 1 thereof, my sighting sys-tem is denoted generally by the numeral 10. It is shown as including an elongated telescopic small arms sight tubular shell portion 11 having an objective end portion 12 and an eyepiece or ocular end 13.
Said ends 12 and 13 are shown as bell shaped in this particular version. A bell shaped diameter usually being about one and one-half inches in diameter for high power rifles. The intermediate , annular or cylindrical portion 14 between said bell ends is usually about one inch in diameter for the high power rifle scopes. The length of the tubular shell from bell end to bell end is usually approximately eleven to twelve inches. A
reticle adjustment means 15 is mounted on said intermediate tubular portion for adjusting the far view with respect to the reticle 16 as shown in figure 3. The telescopic sight portion consists typically of at least four optical parts; the objective lens 17, said reticle 16, the erector system including lens 18, and the eyepiece lens 19 mounted in rear bell end 13O
Said objective lens is mounted at the front of the telescope in bell end 12 and forms a primary image of the objects viewed. The reticle has cross-hairs, a post, dot, or other sighting point or other indicia 16a which indicates the point of aim. The erecting lens 18 re-inverts the image as it is received from the objective lens so that it can be seen right-side up and in correct left-to-righ-t position when viewed through said eyepiece lens from which the image enters the eye.
The reticle 16 may be placed at either point 20 or 21 where 10~5Z~)~
said image -forms and when the reticle is at the point where the primary image is formed it is superimposed onthe image of the object sighted and when the riEle barrel bore is aligned and zeroed in with the aiming point or center of said reticle, the rifle or other small arm, when in range, will shoot true to its point of aim, generally parallel to lens principle axis21a.
Referring again to figure 1 the external auxiliary sighting means, or near aiming means, of my sighting system is shown as having a front iron sight 21b means defined by a narrow elongated rectangularly outlined flexible strip stock piece 22 having its base portion 22a curved to fit the outside annular peripheral surface 23 of said objective end and its forward end 24 reversely and transversely bent upwards to form a front sight portion. Said front sight portion is notched inwardly 25 on both sides to form a narrow post portion 26 for sighting purposes. The curved end base portion 22a of said front sight is fixedly mounted or clamped to said bell portion by a fastening means of a thin, narrow, flexible, generally elongated rectangularly outlined annular strap 27 which encircles said bell portion and the free ends 25a and 26a clamp rigidly over said curved end base portion of said front sight member and said front or forward bell portion by means of cap screw 28 and not 29. Said eyepiece bell portion 13 is rotatably mounted threadedly on said center tube portion 14 for focusing said telescopic portion of said sight and is pro-vided with a threaded lock-nut 30 for fixedly securing said bell portion once the focusing point is reached for the individual eye. The rear sighting member 31 or my external telescopic sightingmeans is mounted to said center tubular portion adjacent 10 S152~0 saideyepiece member by means of a center portion annular strap member 32, similar in outline to strap 27, having clamping screw 33 and nut 34 securelyholding said c;trap to said center tubular portion. Said rear-sight member as defined as being formed from a generally elongated strip stock member 35 having an annular curved base portion 35a fixedly fastened exteriorly to said annular center portion clamp, by welding or other fixed fastening process as an alternative to the method shown of securing said front sight, and has a reversely, transversely, and upwardly bent rear portion 36 adapted and arranged to form a rear sight having a "V" shaped aperture or notch 37 in its upper end 36a. Various apertures or rear sight member may be provided in the upwardly extending portion of said rear sight, however the inventor prefers a "V" shaped aperture for this application, since from practice and experimentation it appears to give the fastest and clearest view of said front sight for snap shooting. Said "V" shaped aperture being aligned and zeroed in with the reticle of said internal telescopic sighting means and the front post of said front sight by rotating said sights on said body so that both sighting systems are aligned at substantially the same point of aim as shown in figure 2. The zeroing in of the two systems may be done on the bench before shooting thesmall arm.
Figure 5 shows a modification of my external sighting means or system wherein the rear sight 38 is fixedly and permanently mounted on the eyepiece bell by welding or other fixed fastening process during manufacture of my dual sighting means and the front blade sight 38 is shown as having an elongated vertical blade or front sight member 38a portion with ~01 352(11~
a transversely bent bottom flange 39b fixedly and permanently mounted on a straight tube type telescopic sighting portion which does not have the objective end thereof belled out to receive the objective lens thereof. Of course when the rear sight is fixedly and permanently mounted on the same tubular diameter as the front sight and the heights of the rear sight and front sight will be generally identical, and no elevational adjustment will be required in most cases. Also, even though there is a difference in height between said front and rear sights, the difference will be known during manufacturing of the instrument and the sights may be zeroed in for elevation accurately enough then for near shooting, as the initial zeroing in of the small arm may be done with the iron sights.
Referring to the figure 6 the front blade sight 39 is shown as fixedly mounted to said center tubular portion or straight tubular portion 11.
My dual sighting system is shown as having mounting rings 40 and 41 likewise securely clamped to said reduced center portion. The bottom 42a of said rings are provided with support portions, a pivotable support portion 43a of front clamping ring 41 is threaded into the threaded opening 42 in the adjustable base mount or means 43 so thatthe scope can pivot about said front clamping ring. The rear clamping ring 40 is provided with a slidable pivot 44 movable laterally in slot 49 in said base mount means by said screws 45 and 46 to provide an initial adjustment of my dual sighting system with the rifle bore 47. Once initially located the said screws are tightened into countersinks 47a in the end 4~ of said rear-ward clamp ring 40, securing said instrument securely to mount - ~8~2q~(~
43. The mount 43 is of a elongated "T" shaped outline and is fixedly secured to top of receiver 50 of rifle 51 by screws 52 tapped into the receiver 53 of said rifle. The same mounting procedure is generally followed for a shotgun or pistol.
In another version of my sighting device, the alignment of the internal sighting or reticle means with field of view is fixed within said tubular shell, and no adjustment means 15 is necessary or provided. In this version said external sights may be very accurately zeroed in ~-with the internal sight during the process of manufacturing my instrument, and when permanently fastened to said shell as ~eroed in, no further adjustments between them are required.
The entire instrument is then aligned and zeroed in with said small arm bore by means of said instrument to receiver adjustable mount 43. Said external sights can also be mounted as part of rings 40 and 41 although this is not recommended because of the lessened distance between sights.
In the preferred version the distance between sights is approximately seven to eight inches, the length of the barrel of a long barreled handgun. However, considerable accuracy is obtained on a rifle or shotgun with the relatively short distance between sights because the stock of the gun is held against the shoulder.
Many modifications may be made by those who desire ;~
to practice the invention without departing from the scope thereof, which is defined by the following claims.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention This invention relates to sighting systems for small arms and more particularly to sighting systems for rifles, shotguns and pistols.
Description of the Prior Art Telescopic or scope sights for rifles are well known in the prior art. However dual sighting means for telescopic small arms sights are not known previously to this inventor.
The disadvantages of the conventional telescopic sights presently mounted on small arms equipment lies in the difficulties entercountered when close-up, near, or snap shots are to be made by the shooter. When the target is moving rapidly in the field, the scope reticle is very difficult to align with the target because of the limited field of view of the target afforded by the telescopic sight at close range, especially when using telescopic sights of four power amplification and upwards. However, on the other hand, if one cuts the power of the scope down enough, such as to two and a half power or three power or more to provide a wider field of view for ~ast, close or near shooting, one does not have enough amplification to adequately determine the species of game that one is shooting at, such as in deer hunting when it is necessary to distinguish the female of the species from the male. However, even with low amplified or powered scopes, snap shooting is difficult with telescopic sights because of the delay in aligning the human eye with the exact pupil diameter of the scope when the target ~ ;
is moving rapidly, and because the scope frame covers a substantial portion of the target at close range.
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Accordingly the problem and difficulties that are encountered in the prior art using a telescopic sight for small arms are obviated by the present invention, in which I provide a dual sighting system for small arms shooting which is a combination of non-magnified sight direc-tly connec~ed exteriorly to the body of a telescopic small arms sight and wherein said non-magnified sight is aligned in aiming relationship with the internal sighting system of the small arms telescopic sight for zeroing in on the same target.
An object of my invention is stated in the above ABSTRACT OF DISCLOSURE.
It is another object of this my invention to provide a dual sight for small arms combat and hunting use including a near aiming means mounted integrally on the elongated body of the telescopic portion of said sight and arranged and adapted to be aligned over the internal aiming means of said telescopic portion so that the near aiming means may be quickly used for near shots and the internal telescopic magnification aiming means can be used for distance shots.
It is another object of this invention to provide an auxiliary iron sighting or aiming system mounted externally on the tubular body of an elongated telescopic small arms sight with the front sight of said iron sight system fixedly mounted at the front or objective lens end of said telescopic sight and the rear iron sight element mounted adjacent the eyepiece end or rear of said telescopic sight, with the rear iron sight and front iron sight aiming point aligned over and sighted in with the internal aiming point of the reticle of said telescopic sight. Special mounts are provided for said front and rear sights to facilitate alignment of aiming :~852~:)V
point thereof with the reticle of the optic portion.
It is another object of this my invention to provide a dual sighting system for small arms wherein a telescopic sight having an internal magnification aiming means, including a reticle, is sighted in with an external aiming means mounted fixedly on the body of said telescopic sight. The externally mountedsighting system point of aim is aligned with the reticle of the internal magnification sighting system and the dual sighting mechanism is provided with mounting means for mounting said dual sighting system to a small arms receiver.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING
The present invention may be better understood and numerous other features and advantages thereof will become apparent to those skilled in the art by references to the accompanying drawing wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements in the various figures in which:
FIGURE 1 iS a pictorial view of my dual telescope mounted sighting system, showing iron sight system mounted to the body of said telescope.
FIGURE 2 iS a partially cut-away end view of my sighting device taken in the directions of arrows 2 - 2 of figure 1.
FIGURE 3 is a sectional view of my sighting means taken along lines 3 - 3 of figure 2.
FIGURE 4 iS a plan view of my sighting system taken along lines 4 - 4 of figure 3.
FIGURE 5 is a sectional shortened view or my sighting system taken along lines 5 - 5 of figure 2 showing a revised positioning of my rear sight on the telescope bell and my front sight on a straight tube of the telescopic portion of my sighting means.
FIGURE 6 is an end sectional view taken along lines 6 - 6 of figure 5 showing my modified front sight arrangement.
. , . , :, , : ,, ~52~1 FIGURE 7 is a plan view taken along lines 7 - 7 of figure 6.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
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Referring now in detail to the drawing, particularly to figure 1 thereof, my sighting sys-tem is denoted generally by the numeral 10. It is shown as including an elongated telescopic small arms sight tubular shell portion 11 having an objective end portion 12 and an eyepiece or ocular end 13.
Said ends 12 and 13 are shown as bell shaped in this particular version. A bell shaped diameter usually being about one and one-half inches in diameter for high power rifles. The intermediate , annular or cylindrical portion 14 between said bell ends is usually about one inch in diameter for the high power rifle scopes. The length of the tubular shell from bell end to bell end is usually approximately eleven to twelve inches. A
reticle adjustment means 15 is mounted on said intermediate tubular portion for adjusting the far view with respect to the reticle 16 as shown in figure 3. The telescopic sight portion consists typically of at least four optical parts; the objective lens 17, said reticle 16, the erector system including lens 18, and the eyepiece lens 19 mounted in rear bell end 13O
Said objective lens is mounted at the front of the telescope in bell end 12 and forms a primary image of the objects viewed. The reticle has cross-hairs, a post, dot, or other sighting point or other indicia 16a which indicates the point of aim. The erecting lens 18 re-inverts the image as it is received from the objective lens so that it can be seen right-side up and in correct left-to-righ-t position when viewed through said eyepiece lens from which the image enters the eye.
The reticle 16 may be placed at either point 20 or 21 where 10~5Z~)~
said image -forms and when the reticle is at the point where the primary image is formed it is superimposed onthe image of the object sighted and when the riEle barrel bore is aligned and zeroed in with the aiming point or center of said reticle, the rifle or other small arm, when in range, will shoot true to its point of aim, generally parallel to lens principle axis21a.
Referring again to figure 1 the external auxiliary sighting means, or near aiming means, of my sighting system is shown as having a front iron sight 21b means defined by a narrow elongated rectangularly outlined flexible strip stock piece 22 having its base portion 22a curved to fit the outside annular peripheral surface 23 of said objective end and its forward end 24 reversely and transversely bent upwards to form a front sight portion. Said front sight portion is notched inwardly 25 on both sides to form a narrow post portion 26 for sighting purposes. The curved end base portion 22a of said front sight is fixedly mounted or clamped to said bell portion by a fastening means of a thin, narrow, flexible, generally elongated rectangularly outlined annular strap 27 which encircles said bell portion and the free ends 25a and 26a clamp rigidly over said curved end base portion of said front sight member and said front or forward bell portion by means of cap screw 28 and not 29. Said eyepiece bell portion 13 is rotatably mounted threadedly on said center tube portion 14 for focusing said telescopic portion of said sight and is pro-vided with a threaded lock-nut 30 for fixedly securing said bell portion once the focusing point is reached for the individual eye. The rear sighting member 31 or my external telescopic sightingmeans is mounted to said center tubular portion adjacent 10 S152~0 saideyepiece member by means of a center portion annular strap member 32, similar in outline to strap 27, having clamping screw 33 and nut 34 securelyholding said c;trap to said center tubular portion. Said rear-sight member as defined as being formed from a generally elongated strip stock member 35 having an annular curved base portion 35a fixedly fastened exteriorly to said annular center portion clamp, by welding or other fixed fastening process as an alternative to the method shown of securing said front sight, and has a reversely, transversely, and upwardly bent rear portion 36 adapted and arranged to form a rear sight having a "V" shaped aperture or notch 37 in its upper end 36a. Various apertures or rear sight member may be provided in the upwardly extending portion of said rear sight, however the inventor prefers a "V" shaped aperture for this application, since from practice and experimentation it appears to give the fastest and clearest view of said front sight for snap shooting. Said "V" shaped aperture being aligned and zeroed in with the reticle of said internal telescopic sighting means and the front post of said front sight by rotating said sights on said body so that both sighting systems are aligned at substantially the same point of aim as shown in figure 2. The zeroing in of the two systems may be done on the bench before shooting thesmall arm.
Figure 5 shows a modification of my external sighting means or system wherein the rear sight 38 is fixedly and permanently mounted on the eyepiece bell by welding or other fixed fastening process during manufacture of my dual sighting means and the front blade sight 38 is shown as having an elongated vertical blade or front sight member 38a portion with ~01 352(11~
a transversely bent bottom flange 39b fixedly and permanently mounted on a straight tube type telescopic sighting portion which does not have the objective end thereof belled out to receive the objective lens thereof. Of course when the rear sight is fixedly and permanently mounted on the same tubular diameter as the front sight and the heights of the rear sight and front sight will be generally identical, and no elevational adjustment will be required in most cases. Also, even though there is a difference in height between said front and rear sights, the difference will be known during manufacturing of the instrument and the sights may be zeroed in for elevation accurately enough then for near shooting, as the initial zeroing in of the small arm may be done with the iron sights.
Referring to the figure 6 the front blade sight 39 is shown as fixedly mounted to said center tubular portion or straight tubular portion 11.
My dual sighting system is shown as having mounting rings 40 and 41 likewise securely clamped to said reduced center portion. The bottom 42a of said rings are provided with support portions, a pivotable support portion 43a of front clamping ring 41 is threaded into the threaded opening 42 in the adjustable base mount or means 43 so thatthe scope can pivot about said front clamping ring. The rear clamping ring 40 is provided with a slidable pivot 44 movable laterally in slot 49 in said base mount means by said screws 45 and 46 to provide an initial adjustment of my dual sighting system with the rifle bore 47. Once initially located the said screws are tightened into countersinks 47a in the end 4~ of said rear-ward clamp ring 40, securing said instrument securely to mount - ~8~2q~(~
43. The mount 43 is of a elongated "T" shaped outline and is fixedly secured to top of receiver 50 of rifle 51 by screws 52 tapped into the receiver 53 of said rifle. The same mounting procedure is generally followed for a shotgun or pistol.
In another version of my sighting device, the alignment of the internal sighting or reticle means with field of view is fixed within said tubular shell, and no adjustment means 15 is necessary or provided. In this version said external sights may be very accurately zeroed in ~-with the internal sight during the process of manufacturing my instrument, and when permanently fastened to said shell as ~eroed in, no further adjustments between them are required.
The entire instrument is then aligned and zeroed in with said small arm bore by means of said instrument to receiver adjustable mount 43. Said external sights can also be mounted as part of rings 40 and 41 although this is not recommended because of the lessened distance between sights.
In the preferred version the distance between sights is approximately seven to eight inches, the length of the barrel of a long barreled handgun. However, considerable accuracy is obtained on a rifle or shotgun with the relatively short distance between sights because the stock of the gun is held against the shoulder.
Many modifications may be made by those who desire ;~
to practice the invention without departing from the scope thereof, which is defined by the following claims.
Claims (8)
1. A dual sighting device comprising:
a telescopic sighting means for small arms having an elongated shell body, an internal optical lens system contained in said body for magnifying a target including an eye lens at one end thereof and an objective lens at the other end thereof, and a reticle aiming means having as its point of aim a reticle indicia sighting point focused to appear on the same optical focal plane as the image of the target;
auxiliary small arms near aiming and sighting means associated with said telescopic sighting means including an externally positioned sight member adapted to be sighted-in with the same point of aim as said telescopic reticle indicia sighting point, and fastening means adapted to fixedly secure said sight member to said shell body substantially as sighted-in.
a telescopic sighting means for small arms having an elongated shell body, an internal optical lens system contained in said body for magnifying a target including an eye lens at one end thereof and an objective lens at the other end thereof, and a reticle aiming means having as its point of aim a reticle indicia sighting point focused to appear on the same optical focal plane as the image of the target;
auxiliary small arms near aiming and sighting means associated with said telescopic sighting means including an externally positioned sight member adapted to be sighted-in with the same point of aim as said telescopic reticle indicia sighting point, and fastening means adapted to fixedly secure said sight member to said shell body substantially as sighted-in.
2. The invention set forth in claim 1, wherein said auxiliary sighting and near aiming means includes a front iron blade sight mounted on said body adjacent and over said objective lens, and a rear iron sight having a sight aperture mounted adjacent said eye lens.
3. The invention as set forth in claim 2 including screw clamping means for fixedly, detachably, and movably, attaching said external rear and front sights to said telescopic body for aligning and aiming said external sights with said internal sighting lens system.
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4. The invention as set forth in claim 1 wherein said aiming means is non-adjustable with the reticle indicia fixed at a predetermined aiming point for elevation and windage and said external near aiming means is likewise non-adjustable and fixedly attached to said body with the line of sight of the sight member thereof generally parallel to the principle axis and zeroed in on the same predetermined aiming point as said telescopic sighting means.
5. The invention as set forth in claim 1, wherein said externally positioned sight member is arranged and adapted to be pre-aimed and pre-sighted-in with the axis of said telescopic means for windage and elevation.
6. The invention as set forth in claim 4 including an adjustable telescope to receiver mounting means for adjustably mounting said external near aiming means on a small arms receiver for zeroing in said previously aligned reticle and exterior sight member simultaneously on the same target.
7. The invention as set forth in claim 2 wherein said fastening means is defined as a clamp having an annular steel strap portion arranged and adapted to encircle said body, and a screw member for securing said strap fixedly around said body, and wherein said near sight member is fixedly connected to said strap member and secured in aiming position to said body by said strap member and screw member.
8. A dual sighting instrument for small arms including an elongated tubular shell body, an internal optically - Page two of Claims -magnified aiming means contained in said body for forming an image in the eye including an objective lens mounted forwardly in said body, an erecting lens, an eye lens mounted rearwardly in said body; a focusing means, for focusing the image to the individual eye; a reticle member mounted in said body where the real image is formed having an aiming pattern indicia sighting point thereon superimposed on a target point of aim;
near sighting means including a front open iron sight member positioned forwardly and exteriorly along said shell body over said objective lens, and a rear apertured iron sight member positioned rearwardly and exteriorly along said shell body over said eye lens and said reticle, said iron sights being generally parallel with the principle axis of said aiming means and sighted and zeroed in with the sighting point and the same point of aim as said reticle indicia;
and fastening means adapted to fixedly secure said front and rear sight members to said shell body substantially as sighted-in.
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near sighting means including a front open iron sight member positioned forwardly and exteriorly along said shell body over said objective lens, and a rear apertured iron sight member positioned rearwardly and exteriorly along said shell body over said eye lens and said reticle, said iron sights being generally parallel with the principle axis of said aiming means and sighted and zeroed in with the sighting point and the same point of aim as said reticle indicia;
and fastening means adapted to fixedly secure said front and rear sight members to said shell body substantially as sighted-in.
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| US4841659A (en) * | 1984-02-13 | 1989-06-27 | Williams Paul D | Sight over scope gun sight |
| US4899450A (en) * | 1986-08-04 | 1990-02-13 | Huggins Edward R | Open sight addition for a telescopic gun sight |
| US4777730A (en) * | 1986-08-04 | 1988-10-18 | Huggins Edward R | Open sight addition for a telescopic gun sight |
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| DE102011013553A1 (en) * | 2011-03-10 | 2012-09-13 | Michael Ali Kilic | Sighting device for use with mounting device for firearm, particularly for handgun, comprises primary sighting element and secondary sighting element, which are arranged one behind other on firearm in target direction |
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