Talk:Telescopic sight
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[edit] over and under
The over and under type of mounting, in which the ironsight are still visible (useful for lineing up with a target more easily, and following a near target) under the scope, ill try to work on it but im short on time --Norton112200 01:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] no title
Telescopic crosshairs can be any figure, so they often are in shapes that are supposedly superior to the usual simple opaque rectangle of iron sights. The lines of telescopic crosshairs are thinner, making the target more visible "around" the crosshair. This particular advantage can only be copied with iron sights through the both eyes open shooting skill, and then without magnification. Telescopic crosshairs often have features such as angle marking scales for range estimation and "leading" moving targets. Telescopic crosshairs often have figures to help find the part of the crosshair corresponding to the aimpoint.(needs checking) FET 03:34, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I edited the first and last pictures, I think they look better-- hope you agree :) If not, feel free to revert the change! Jellocube27 21:01, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Other Weapons
If scopes are also used for airguns and crossbows, should the intro sound more like:
(modified from the iron sights article)
A telescopic sight, commonly referred to as a scope, is a device used to give an accurate point of aim for weapons such as firearms, airguns, and crossbows. Other sighting systems are iron sights, red dot sights, and laser sights.
This article will concentrate on firearms sights; the principles described are equally applicable to any device which needs aiming. For the sake of brevity, the term gun will be used to indicate any device aimed by a telescopic sight, the term shooter will be used for the operator of said device, and the term target will be the object at which the device is being aimed. raptor 06:56, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
- I'll change it for now. raptor 09:34, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Picture of (not through) a scope
In my opinion this article would benefit from the addition of a picture of a scope that isn't through the optics. I've uploaded a picture of one of my scopes at Image:Swift687M.jpg but I'm having trouble adding it to the article in a way that doesn't mess up the formatting. Any ideas? -- Captaindan 00:54, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
- Done. Feel free to edit the caption with more info, like power range, objective lens size, and tube diameter, if you have them handy, or I can look them up on Swift's website (assuming it's a current model) later. scot 03:01, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
