its an interesting concept...


I'm by far no expert on scope design, and could very well be wrong with my way of thinking, but probably the main problem I would see with a system like that would be with what would mainly be parralax adjustment/out of focus as the reticle moved back and forth inside the tube,looking at it through flat planed glass would probably work but I would think that with any "lensed" optic that any movement the reticle made inside the tube would cause an "optical illusion" while looking at it through the line of sight of the lenses, roughly kind of like looking at something moving in the water,it would throw its actual position off and therefor be off on the target

but like I said, I could very well be wrong... but if that would turn out to be the case I dont really knowwhat it would taketo cure the problem, I dont know if a simple adjustment from anadjustable objective lens would put everything in the line of sight back into focus and take care of it or not


another possible problem that I could seethat would be kind of related would be loosing the reticle in the scopes line of sight/field of viewas the pendilum swung one way or the other


one other thing that would be less of a problem would be to make a system that was free-swinging but still windage/elevation adjustable, and still be able to take the everyday abuse that a scope goes through and keep a dependable point of impact



its a neat idea though...