REL Stand Cno47 mk1 for telescope observer, sniper.

[stencollector]

I noticed a little looseness on the shaft of this folding tripod for the REL sniper observation scope, and found that by loosening off the knob on the bottom, the shaft actually splits and there is a little U-joint affair in there. Not sure if it is to direct the observation of the telescope while staying low.....on this one the inner ujoint turns within the upper shaft. Or could it merely be to allow the telescope to go lower if the tripod is used with the lower legs collapsed?

Has anyone else noticed this? Any ideas what it is for?

Edited to add: I see X201201 mentions this feature on the Knowledge Library entry for the stand as a feature to allow the scope to go lower when the stand is on it's half-legs.

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