Education and demonstration – Organized armed or unarmed conflict or shooting – Gunnery
Patent
1989-04-26
1990-10-16
Apley, Richard J.
Education and demonstration
Organized armed or unarmed conflict or shooting
Gunnery
434 19, 273312, 273315, F41G 300, F41G 1100
Patent
active
049630962
ABSTRACT:
A device and method for improving and refining a shooter's skills has a laser or light beam, when the device is turned on, emitted from a laser diode or a light emitting diode to a collimating lens and through a hollow shaft, and to a prism being rotated by a shaft and motor. The beam is deflected in different directions so that a rapid rotation of the prism permits the beam to form a substantially circular reflecting image. The diameter of the image can be adjusted by adjusting an adjustable lens. When a shooter aims at a clay target, the shooter moves the gun barrel at a sweeping line of sight along a target flight path until the moving target intersects a point on the circumference of the substantially circular image for indicating to the shooter that a proper lead has been achieved for successfully shooting the moving target. Moreover, a receiver can be mounted on the housing for allowing an instructor to evaluate how well the shooter is performing. The receiver has a housing and a lens at one end thereof. Preferably within the intermediate portion of the receiver housing is a detector. The receiver further has a flasher which is triggered by a reflecting light caused by the moving target intersecting a point on the circumference of the image for providing the proper lead. The flashing of the receiver is readily observable by the instructor for indicating to the instructor whether the shooter has properly reacted to the moving target intersecting the reflected image.
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Khattak Anwar S.
Shimoji Masao
Apley Richard J.
Doyle J. L.
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