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Posted: 12/9/2004 4:37:58 PM EDT
| I was wandering if this would be a good light for a weapon mount,also does it look good mounted,or is there a better choice for the same or less$$$$,Thanks. |
| Even with the shock bezel you'll likely have problems, though you may be better off with the 9v. I tried this with a 6P and broke the lamp and contacts after only about 200 rds. The problem is not so much the bezel, but that the batteries freely bash up against the back of the lamp assembly in recoil. This is the same reason you always push your rail mounted optics and things all the way forward before locking them down. Dedicated Surefire weapons lights (I have the old model that is like the 6P, but with the stepped battery body I got DIRT cheap and it has held up great for 2 years) have steps in the body that isolate the batteries from the lamp assembly. A shock bezel simply protects the lamp from the front basically (correct me if I'm wrong), not the batteries bashing into it from the back. Your fine for front shocks, which you'll get, but not the batteries slamming into the back of your lamp every time you fire your weapon. YMMV however. If you have the money, at least by the simple Surefire 500, a tapeswitch, red flip off filter, and a WFM mount. That's my setup and it works dandy. I can only relate my experience, as I've heard of people having no problem with the Z32 as Knightone suggested, and it will surely work for awhile anyway. I don't have my weapon light solely to watch possums and armadillos explode at night, though it's good for that. The main reason is for night self defense of my property, and the thing dying is a real drag, especially in bad circumstances. Heck, even dedicated weapon lights crap out. Good hunting. |
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See my reply in this thread. Link The short answer is you will want a shock isolated bezel on that 9P for it to be reliable. |
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