When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Rifleman's rule - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifleman's_rule

    There is a device that is mounted on the rifle called a sight. While there are many forms of rifle sight, they all permit the shooter to set the angle between the bore of the rifle and the line of sight (LOS) to the target. Figure 2 illustrates the relationship between the LOS and bore angle. Figure 2: Illustration of a Rifle Showing Line of ...

  3. Red dot sight - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dot_sight

    Red dot sights place the target and the reticle on nearly the same optical plane, allowing a single point of focus. This makes them fast-acquisition and easy-to-use sights, allowing the user to keep their attention on the field of view in front of them. They are common in speed shooting sports such as IPSC. Military units and police forces have ...

  4. Paintball - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paintball

    A player in the middle of a popular style of paintball known as "woodsball" Paintball is a competitive team shooting sport in which players eliminate opponents from play by hitting them with spherical dye-filled gelatin capsules called paintballs that break upon impact.

  5. Accurizing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accurizing

    Comparison of milliradian (mil) and minute of arc (moa).. Since adjusting the point of impact to match the point of aim is relatively simple with any type of adjustable sights, the primary goal of accurizing is to increase the precision of the firearm, which is generally measured by looking at the dispersion of a number of shots fired at the same point of aim.

  6. Diopter sight - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diopter_sight

    Target shooting diopter of a 10 metre air rifle with a mounted semi-transparent occluder for the non-aiming eye. 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 ...

  7. Arizona National Guard Recruiters 'Bum Hunt' Homeless With ...

    www.aol.com/news/2012-10-18-arizona-national...

    Staff Sgt. Chad Wille thought he was doing the right thing three years ago when he went to his supervisor to report a claim that fellow National Guard troops traveling in an Humvee had been seen ...

  8. Sighting in - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sighting_in

    In ranged weapons such as firearms and artillery pieces, the act of sighting in or sight-in is a preparatory or corrective calibration of the sights with the goal of having the projectile (e.g. bullet or shell) placed on a predictable impact position in relation to the sight picture.

  9. FN 303 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_303

    The FN 303 fires a spherical, fin-stabilized projectile. According to FN, the fin-stabilized design provides greater accuracy than a standard paintball round. The forward half of the sphere is a non-toxic granulated bismuth shell designed to fragment on impact to prevent penetration damage.