[Tupelo]

Sounds pretty good, I wonder though, what happens when the battery runs down or how well does that battery discharge in cold weather?

Picture of a Chevy Volt keeps flashing through my mind.

[Fightin Whitey]

what happens when the battery runs down

Get out the ol' jumper cables.

[Carriage Hill]

I guess you’d keep spare batteries in a shirt/coat pocket, to keep them warm, and rotate them in very cold weather. That’s a definite problem in sub-freezing/zero weather.

[ChildOfThe60s]

The batteries used in red dot sights are usually good for 1,000 + hours. I don’t know how the cold affects them. Same as other batteries I would guess. In any case, sooner or later....

But competency with iron sights should always be a prerequisite to scope work. Sights and scopes mean squat if you aren’t good with the fundamentals. I’ve seen active duty military at Appleseed courses. The human factor is always the dominant one.

[mylife]

That is what I like about some of the Russian red/black dots.

When the battery goes the black dot is still sighted.