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Posted: 12/5/2004 1:43:49 PM EDT
| I just bought my first Sure Fire Fri from Jim's in Fayetteville. It was my first time in the shop and they seemed like a good bunch of guys. The flashlight is a 6P. The box says it has a one hour runtime and the guys told me it would be 2 hours. I'm not implying that they're lying or wrong, I'm just genuinely curious about what people have been getting as a average runtime on batteries. What about the lamp too? Also, how much is a good price for a replacement tail cap w/ a tape switch? Thanks for the help. |
The run time should be around 70 minutes (give or take). If you want to use it as a weapon light, I would suggest you get a Z32 shock isolated bezel and a Z49 tailcap.... C4 www.gandrtactical.com Z32  Z49 
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I'm sure it will work for a few rounds but do you really want to take that chance? The anti-shock bezels are under $20 but another bulb would probably be the same price. Grant has a page in the Industry section with those products. |
Ditto, I think I'm about due to go to his shop and rummage through the stockroom like Slim Hazy and I used to do. Find the clearence items and scratch and dents! 
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The only scratch and dent items are the ones you guys drop (on purpose maybe  )C4 |
Hey, bvmjethead. Sometime early next week could you visit Grant and accidently drop a LaRue 9.0 rail and one of the new LaRue low-pro gas blocks? While you're at it, kick around a Troy front flip-up sight.  Finally (to keep the thread on topic), maybe manage to drop a SureFire mount for Gimme_A_Carbine.  |
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Gimme_A_Carbine, what's the primary purpose for this light? Did you buy it to be a dedicated weapon light? Do you have a dedicated daily-carry light? If not, I HIGHLY recommend the E2e. Awesome light for every day carry. Like Ken Hackathorn told me in a pistol class, "if you carry a gun, you carry a light." Most violent encounters occur in low/no light conditions. |
That'd be cool .
I bought the light as somewhat of general purpose light, some use on and some use off the weapons. It was mainly an impulse buy, because the owner of the range I use said "we're going to do a 3-gun match at night soon" so I responded with "looks like I'll need a light." I didn't want to go all out and buy a purpose designed weapons light (stipend only can be strechted so far ). And for now, I don't actually need a light to carry with me when I carry(since I dont), because in NC the law is 21, and 19 is a ways away from 21 . I really appreciate all the help guys.I actually have another question. Since I'll be getting a z32 bezel, will that be able to withstand use on a shotgun? It obviously wont be mounted to my pistol, so I'm not worried about that. Thanks. |
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A shotgun? Wow, I don't know. A dedicated weapon light has a rim around the area where the batteries meet the bulb to keep the batteries from battering the bulb. In other words, it's a shock isolated battery stick. I'm not sure if your light will stand up to a LOT of shotgun abuse. Grant, any clue? |
I would look at maybe an LED light for you shotgun. I would be concerned about a standard SF handheld withstanding the recoil of a shotgun.. C4 |
Does that mean a seperate LED bezel, or a dedicated shotgun light. I'm not trying to be cheap and buy low quality or anything, I just can't afford to spend 600 bones on Surefire stuff, so I'm trying to find the route of compromise .
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