New-arguy,
"I can see your point if you needed to look directly through the Aimpoint".
That's the point I'm trying to make. Once you locate your target and mount to engage it, if the scope is further to rear, you get a wider field of view looking thru the scope. If there are multiple targets, you'll be able to transition to the next target faster because it will be "inside" the scope. You still look at the target and superimpose the scope onto it with both eyes open. Of course, if it's a wide enough swing, the next target would be outside the scope. That is the downside, but you have that problem regardless of where the scope is mounted. Here's my example. If you take a toilet paper tube and hold it at arms length, what you see thru the tube will be less than if you held it in front of you face.
VSP