I have lights on all the AR's i used to hunt with, wasn't worried about nobody shootin back in the woods. was nice having a light walking the 400 yards to and from my stand. and with huge boars and bears roaming around you needed to see them before they seen you.
That's probably the case, they should have waited on the discontinuing until the gen 6 was ready instead of throwing something out there. why would people buy a v model when the 6 is coming out in a month.
Which begs the question, why come out with a model that looks exactly like the old model with no capabilities to install an optic if the Gen6 is coming out a little more than a month later.