I have been burned by rechargeables in the face of a forest fire more than once.I never had luck with rechargeable batteries...tbey always died so fast that i got sick of constantly recharging them. I used rayovac....
Tomac,
I really like that Colt carbine you showed there!
Just my 2 cents: I've been disappointed in rechargeable battery performance as well, then I noticed some "fine print" on some rechargeable c-cells that I just ordered. Stated that full power isn't reached until the batteries go through 4-5 complete discharge/recharge cycles. Not sure if this is applicable to all rechargeables or just the c-cells I received. Might be worth more trials? Good luck and enjoy your guns!It's not higher voltage.
The rechargables work, but are not as bright as the non-rechargables, and the charger didn't include any kind of manual or literature with it at all,which I found difficult to know if I was charging the batteries for the correct amount of time.
So, I decided to continue using the regular batteries for now and use the rechargables for the reserve supply.