[Rick Lee]

I became a non-believer in battery powered optics last week when I got to the range and my Millett Zoom Dot scope's battery was dead. It's supposed to only turn on when the lens covers are flipped up and supposedly has a battery life of 10k hours. I had maybe 3-4 hrs. with the lens covers up at most. Oh, and it arrived with a dead battery when I ordered it online. Since I had removed the iron sights from my M4, I couldn't shoot it with that dead battery and it was a complete waste of time. Frustrating at the range and much worse in a tactical situation. Those size batteries don't grow on trees either. I'm trying to decide what to do next.