RIFLESCOPE

Riflescope

The present invention relates to a riflescope with an adjusting mechanism for aligning the rifle.

At present, the scope has to be realigned each time the barrel is replaced, as more and more rifles with replaceable barrels enter the markets, the rifles having replaceable barrels for different calibres, and a bullet fired with each barrel has its own ballistic trajectory.

The purpose of the invention is to achieve a new type of a riflescope, which can be adjusted in advance according to the known ballistic trajectory of the bullet to be fired without having to fire the rifle. The riflescope of the invention is character¬ ised in that there is a code, such as a pointer ring with a colour code provided by the adjusting mechanism, the adjusting mechanism of the riflescope being adjust¬ able according to the scale of the ring for correcting the ballistic trajectory of the bullet to be fired. By means of the invention, it is thus possible to align the rifle¬ scope in a fast and easy manner without firing the rifle.

It is characteristic of an advantageous embodiment of the invention that the lateral adjusting mechanism of the riflescope is provided with a code, such as a pointer ring with a colour code, according to the scale of which the lateral adjusting mechanism of the riflescope can be adjusted for correcting the possible lateral er¬ ror of the replaceable barrel in the rifle.

Another embodiment of the invention, which is intended for a rifle with replaceable barrels, in which several, even four replaceable barrels of different calibres are used, for example, for 22 LR, 22 WMR, 17MACH2, and 17HMR cartridges, is characterised in that the replaceable barrel has a code, for example, a colour rib¬ bon circulating the base of the barrel, and that the rifle stock has respective colour codes with markings indicating which colour corresponds to which calibre.

The invention will next be described by way of an example, referring to the en¬ closed drawings, in which

Figure 1 discloses four replaceable barrels of a rifle with replaceable barrels;

Figure 2 discloses the stock of a rifle with replaceable barrels; Figure 3 discloses a riflescope;

Figure 4 discloses the pointer rings with colour codes of the height adjustment system for a riflescope; and

Figure 5 discloses the colour code markings in the side of the stock of Figure 2.

The riflescope is primarily intended for a rifle with replaceable barrels, in which several, in this case even as many as four replaceable barrels of different calibres (1 , 2, 3, 4) are used, for example, for 22 LR, 22 WMR, 17MACH2, and 17 HMR cartridges. The replaceable barren 1 , 2, 3, 4 has the code 5, 6, 7, 8, such as a colour ribbon circulating the base of the barrel. The rifle stock 9 has the respective colour codes 10, which bear markings on which colour corresponds to which cali¬ bre. The pointer rings 12, 13, 14, 15 by the adjusting mechanism have the similar colour code as the barrel 1 , 2, 3, 4 and the stock 9.

The riflescope 11 is first aligned to a rifle having, for example, a basic barrel 4, a calibre 22 LR, and a colour code. A basic ring 15 with a similar colour code is in- stalled to the riflescope, the scale of the basic ring being adjusted to zero by the adjusting screw of the adjusting mechanism. The pointer ring 15 is tightened by a locking screw. The next barrel 3, for example, calibre 22 WMR, is replaced, the riflescope is aligned, the next colour ring 14 is adjusted to zero by the pointer of the adjusting screw 16 and fastened by the locking ring. The same measures are performed with the next barrel 2, calibre 17 MACH2, the colour ring 13 is tightened by the pointer of the adjusting screw 16 and the same measures are finally per¬ formed with the last barrel 1 , calibre 17 HMR, the riflescope is aligned and the last colour ring 12 is fastened by the pointer of the adjusting screw. Each colour ring 12, 13, 14, 15 has now been adjusted for the barrel 1 , 2, 3, 4 provided with the re- spective colour code. Respectively, the lateral deviations of the riflescope will be aligned by using the adjusting screw 17, if necessary.

The riflescope of the invention is also suited for rifles which have no replaceable barrel system, but which rifle is used for firing bullets of different weights. Bullets with different weights also have different ballistic trajectories. The user of the rifle can himself stick the colour codes and partridge identifiers corresponding with the ring colours in the riflescope, for example, to the rifle stock, cartridge pocket, belt, or some other suitable place.

The code need not necessarily be a coloured pointer ring, but it can as well be a code card containing the data, how much or how many steps the screw of the ad- justing mechanism be turned either right or left, when replacing a barrel or car¬ tridge with a second own ballistic trajectory.