Lights that don’t go out
I’ve been involved with several gun clubs that ran various competitions. My favorites are always the Carbine events. Every year we get to see who the best shooters are and almost every year, the guys that show up with the most expensive guns are not the ones with the highest scores. If you got money to blow there’s no reason you can’t buy what you want, but operator caused malfunctions are the #1 reason I see guns go down.
I’ve had a love hate relationship with my Eotech rifle scopes. I love how easy the reticle is to pick up when shooting, but I hate how hard it is to nail targets beyind 100yds in low light because of how the reticle obscures the targets. I’ll never forget my first 100yd shooting experience with my Eotech where we were shooting steel plates. I couldn’t see any of the 3 inch plates with my Eotech at 100yds. The shade of the trees darkened the targets and when I shot with iron sights, I could clearly make out the plates. Battery operated optics are something that will surely go extinct in the not too distant future.