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  2. Leupold & Stevens - Wikipedia

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    A vintage Osborne Fire Finder produced under the name "Leupold-Volpel & Co." Leupold & Stevens was founded by the German immigrant Markus Friedrich (Fred) Leupold and his brother-in-law Adam Voelpel in 1907, under the name Leupold & Voelpel. At the time, the company specialized in the repair of survey equipment. [4]

  3. Telescopic sight - Wikipedia

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    Reticle patterns can be as simple as a round dot, small cross, diamond, chevron and/or circle in the center (in some prism sights and reflex/holographic sights), or a pointed vertical bar in a "T"-like pattern (such as the famous "German #1" reticle used on the Wehrmacht ZF41 sights during the Second World War, or the SVD-pattern reticle used ...

  4. Barrett Optical Ranging System - Wikipedia

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    [1] Since the BORS is mounted directly to the scope and coupled with the elevation knobs, the computer can interact with the scope by simply turning the elevation knob until the LCD displays the target’s range. [1] The kit includes the proprietary Barrett Ballistic Software that is pre-programmed with a library selected by Barrett. It also ...

  5. Reflector sight - Wikipedia

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    The collimated reticle image can also be seen at any eye position in the cylindrical volume of collimated light created by the sight behind the optical window. [2] But this also means, for targets closer than infinity, sighting towards the edge of the optical window can make the reticle move in relation to the target since the observer is ...

  6. Reticle - Wikipedia

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    A reticle, or reticule [1] [2] also known as a graticule, is a pattern of fine lines or markings built into the eyepiece of an optical device such as a telescopic sight, spotting scope, theodolite, optical microscope or the screen of an oscilloscope, to provide measurement references during visual inspections.

  7. Gyro gunsight - Wikipedia

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    To set range the dial adjusts the reticle size to match target wingspan. Currently set to the Junkers Ju 88 , it ranged in size from the large Fw 200 Condor to the small Messerschmitt Bf 109 . A gyro gunsight (G.G.S.) is a modification of the non-magnifying reflector sight in which target lead (the amount of aim-off in front of a moving target ...

  8. Red dot sight - Wikipedia

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    Also used on Aimpoint Acro C-2 and P-2, as well as Steiner MPS, Viridian RFX 45, CH Duty, Lucid Optics E7 [18] and Vector Frenzy Plus. Aimpoint Micro standard First introduced in 2007 [ 19 ] on the small tube sight variants of Aimpoint, but has also been used extensively by other manufacturers as well.

  9. Sniper - Wikipedia

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    The USMC standard is that 1 mil (that is, 1 milliradian) equals 3.438 MOA (minute of arc, or, equivalently, minute of angle), while the US Army standard is 3.6 MOA, chosen so as to give a diameter of 1 yard at a distance of 1,000 yards (or equivalently, a diameter of 1 meter at a range of 1 kilometer.) Many commercial manufacturers use 3.5 ...