M203 GRIP WITH BATTERY HANDLE. 2 AA batteries or 2 Lithium 123 batteries can be stored in the 71G-700. If you want a storage compartment for your batteries or other small objects, there is only one handle for your grip. The Battery Handle will hold the most popular batteries and is designed with two main objectives: keep them dry and keep them from rattling. To meet those objectives, the cap has an o-ring seal and there is a spring inside the handle compartment. The Battery Handle is 4-1/2" long and 1-1/2" wide. The Battery Handle has a specially contoured interior allowing AA batteries (Night Vision) to slide inside the compartment side by side. Three, side-by-side, AAA batteries can also use the contoured interior to be quietly stored. At the bottom of the Battery Handle compartment is a spring. Two Flashlight 3Volt batteries are placed one on top of the other. The resulting spring tension keeps these batteries quietly in place. The CR2 Sight batteries can also be stacked and stored quietly.