This invention concerns a device for a weapon sight. The device includes a
deflecting element (15) disposed in an optical path through the sight and
comprising an optical wedge (17), and means (16) arranged to control the
positional setting of the optical wedge to produce a randomly altered
sight image in the sight. The device is characterized in that the control
means (16) are arranged to produce, before firing, the altered sight
image and, during firing, to guide the wedge or wedges to a reference
position in which the sight image is unaltered. The invention also
concerns a method for optically simulating recoil in a weapon with a
sight.