Check Your Lights and Optics: July 2016 Edition
July’s “Check Your Lights and Optics” results:
Total dead optics found: 0/11
Total dead weapon mounted lights: 0/4
Total dead handheld lights found: 0/5
Total dead safe lights found: 0/3
I purchased a holographic sight clone from Primary Arms when I first got into red dot sights. The first one I received didn’t work and I sent it back. As usual, Primary Arms had great customer service to offset the hit-or-miss quality of their clones.
The second optic worked fine, and held zero after use — but the batteries kept dying rapidly. The optic came with a plastic hood you were supposed to put over the light sensor to keep it from working, but it didn’t matter if I had the hood on or not. I got frustrated, tossed the hood, and left the optic running 24/7 in various environments.
The worse I treated the optic, the longer the battery seemed to last. The third battery has been going strong.
For almost three years.
How’d you do this month?
About the Author: Short Barrel Shepherd
Short Barrel Shepherd is a regular guy and works to make Web sites and mobile apps easier for people to use. He spends his free time attending fight-focused firearm, knife, and combatives training, motorcycling, writing, and playing games. His daily carry is a Glock 19 pistol and an AR15 .300 Blackout pistol in a backpack. 
