Played with my scope again yesterday. The battery drain problem is fixed.
Burris Optics(our sponsor) bent over backwards to make it right.
That said, as nice of guy that he is, I don't think he is the one doing the actual repairs. The variable brightness is now fugged up. Only the dimmest setting works(rheostat problem now?). A feller would think that it would be tested before return....Also, my AR-332 now has a line of black gunk across the internal lens. I don't think it is worth the hassle to try to have CRAP fixed, when in my experience ( three outta four returned), they don't come back right/repaired.
Lesson learned, here........