Adjustable target sight
A target sight for a firearm includes a base for securing a body of the target sight to the firearm, a light source coupled to a carrier mount that is disposed within a carrier plate, a horizontal adjustment system for the carrier plate structured to cause the carrier plate to move horizontally within the body of the target sight, and a vertical adjustment system for the carrier mount structured to cause the carrier mount to move vertically relative to the carrier plate. Methods are also described.
1. A target sight for a firearm, comprising:
a base for securing a body of the target sight to the firearm;
a light source coupled to a carrier mount that is disposed within a carrier plate;
a horizontal adjustment system for the carrier plate structured to cause the carrier plate to move horizontally within the body of the target sight; and
a vertical adjustment system for the carrier mount structured to cause the carrier mount to move vertically relative to the carrier plate, the vertical adjustment system including:
an adjustment screw,
a curved track, and
a slider interfacing with the curved track and having a first edge and a second edge, the first edge structured to be acted upon by the adjustment screw and cause the slider to slide within the curved track, and the second edge structured to act upon the carrier mount and cause the carrier mount to move in a vertical direction when the slider slides within the curved track.
2. The target sight of claim 1 , further comprising a retention spring structured to keep the slider engaged with the curved track.
3. The target sight of claim 1 , in which a ratio of a distance the adjustment screw travels to a distance the carrier mount travels vertically is 1:1.
4. The target sight of claim 1 , in which the carrier plate further includes a neck portion extending on a front portion of the carrier plate.
5. The target sight of claim 4 , in which the carrier plate further comprises:
a rear aperture;
a front aperture disposed in the neck portion; and
a rear pin disposed in the rear aperture and a front pin disposed in the front aperture.
6. The target sight of claim 5 , in which the front aperture has a greater tolerance to the front pin than a tolerance of the rear aperture with the rear pin.
7. The target sight of claim 1 , in which a surface of the slider is complementary to a surface of the curved track.
8. The target sight of claim 7 , in which each of the slider and the curved track is arc shaped.
9. The target sight of claim 1 , in which each of the first edge and the second edge of the slider is a lobed edge.
10. A system for adjusting a target sight for a firearm, the system comprising:
a base mount for securing the target sight to a rail of the firearm;
a horizontal adjustment system, including:
a carrier plate slidably mounted to the base mount and structured to move horizontally along a width of the rail of the firearm,
one or more apertures in the carrier plate structured to receive one or more pins of the base mount, and
a horizontal adjustment screw structured to act on the carrier plate;
a carrier mount coupled with the carrier plate;
an LED secured to the carrier mount; and
a vertical adjustment system with a vertical adjustment screw, the vertical adjustment system structured to act upon the carrier mount and cause the carrier mount to move vertically relative to the carrier plate when the vertical adjustment screw is turned, the vertical adjustment system including:
a curved track,
a slider interfacing with the curved track and having a first edge and a second edge, the first edge structured to be acted upon by the vertical adjustment screw and cause the slider to slide within the curved track, and the second edge structured to act upon the carrier mount and cause the carrier mount to move in a vertical direction when the slider slides within the curved track, and
a spring coupling the slider and the curved track.
11. The system of claim 10 , in which a surface of the slider is complementary to a surface of the curved track.
12. The system of claim 11 , in which each of the slider and the curved track is arc shaped.
13. The system of claim 10 , in which each of the first edge and the second edge of the slider is a lobed edge.
14. The system of claim 10 in which the carrier plate further includes a neck portion extending on a front portion of the carrier plate.
15. A target sight for a firearm, comprising:
a body structured to secure the target sight to the firearm;
a carrier mount disposed within a carrier plate;
a horizontal adjustment system for the carrier plate structured to cause the carrier plate to move horizontally within the body of the target sight; and
a vertical adjustment system structured to cause the carrier mount to move vertically relative to the carrier plate, the vertical adjustment system including:
an adjustment mechanism,
a curved track,
a slider interfacing with the curved track and having a first edge and a second edge, the first edge structured to be acted upon by the adjustment mechanism and cause the slider to slide within the curved track, and the second edge structured to act upon the carrier mount and cause the carrier mount to move in a vertical direction when the slider slides within the curved track.
16. The target sight of claim 15 , further including a light source coupled to the carrier mount.
17. The target sight of claim 15 , further including a biasing structure coupled to the slider to keep the slider engaged with the curved track when the slider slides within the curved track.
18. The target sight of claim 15 , in which the adjustment mechanism is an adjustment screw.