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  2. Diopter sight - Wikipedia

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    A diopter sight is an aperture sight component used to assist the aiming of ranged weapons, mainly firearms, airguns, and crossbows. Diopters function to precisely align the shooter's eye with the front sight and the target, while also producing beneficial optical effects for accurate aiming.

  3. Weaver rail mount - Wikipedia

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    The locking bar system allows for even stress to be distributed and prevent canting of the scope mount. Another form of scope canting is caused by the rings themselves. Many Weaver-type mounts, including many Picatinny-type scope rings and even the Redfield Type, have either two or four screws on top of the scope ring that hold the scope in place.

  4. Eye relief - Wikipedia

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    For a shooter, eye relief is also a safety consideration. If the eye relief of a telescopic sight is too short, leaving the eye close to the sight, the firearm's recoil can force the optic's eyepiece to hit and cut into the skin around the shooter's eye, leaving a curved scarring laceration on the medial end of the supraorbital ridge and the ...

  5. Iron sights - Wikipedia

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    The most common is a rear sight that adjusts in both directions, though military rifles often have a tangent sight in the rear, which a slider on the rear sight has pre-calibrated elevation adjustments for different ranges. With tangent sights, the rear sight is often used to adjust the elevation, and the front the windage.

  6. Dovetail rail - Wikipedia

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    The SIG Sauer 200 STR has an 11 mm dovetail on the receiver for mounting a diopter rear sight or a scope sight, either directly or via a Picatinny rail adapter.. Dovetails come in several different types and sizes depending on manufacturer, but the most common are the 11 mm and 3 ⁄ 8 inch (9.5 mm).

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    Hint: The first one can be found in the top-half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word: BU. DI. HE. AN. FL. ST. BE. CO (SPANGRAM) NYT Strands Spangram Answer Today.

  8. Dynamo star Hector Herrera sent off for spitting at ref ...

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    Houston Dynamo star Hector Herrera was sent off with a straight-red card during the team's Sunday playoff match against the Seattle Sounders, about 30 minutes before the Dynamo's season ended with ...

  9. 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.