Bays closed before I could run much more rounds thru it.

You know how batteries are, most of the time they don't last for what it states it should due to sitting on the shelf for an unknown time.  I remember replacing the one on my RDS rifle and it went out 6 months later.  Got it from Longs.

swoosh. . .

 

barrel too hot...

bawwwhahahahhah.

Would a heat wrap be considered a "shroud" as it prevents one from burning their hand?  HPD exempt anyways.

I got an aimpoint m2 on my rifle that I got a 20 years ago and it has served me well through a lot of classes and rounds.  I've been wanting to swap it out with a newer one, but I can't see spending close to a thousand dollars for a current equivalent for a simple red dot.  I'm sure it can withstand a fall from a helicopter or nuclear blast, but I'm probably not going to go through those scenarios.

I got a Romeo1 and Eps Carry on my pistols.  Both have worked well so far.

All the dots look like blobs with my astigmatism.

I used an old Bushnell trs25, the $75 budget dot.  It was fine for plinking use but the dot is dim in bright sunlight.