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    SureFire Inflation

    I thought for some time that Surefire brought most of their income in from military sales, and that civilian sales and marketing were more brand awareness efforts. More recently, I've noticed them branch out into more traditional retailers like Lowes and REI, where such price increases should...
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    The Surefire 9Z

    Wow. I really wish I had bought one of those back in the 90s. I had a 6Z that I loaned to a buddy during an IDPA night shoot and I've never seen it since. I finally replaced it with a Z2 and rediscovered how much I like that grip. Just today I put my C2 up for trade hoping to get another Z2...
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    Any Surefire 6Ps with Glass lens?

    Yes. My mid-90s 6P and late-90s 6Z both had Lexan lenses. Not sure which year they switched to Pyrex.
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    !!POST YOUR SUREFIRE COLLECTION!! II

    You've got to be kidding me. I just threw one away last week when cleaning out the box of random flashlight stuff. I still use the plastic box to hold batteries, but I yanked out the metal contacts long ago.
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    Show your Rare/Unusual SureFires - Part 1

    Re: Post Your RARE/UNUSUAL SUREFIRES: This thread prompted me to look at my old Surefires. I have an E1 in gunmetal that looks just like desertrat21's. No serial and no teardrops in the head. The tailcap is shaped a little differently though. It looks just like the one on my later E1 HA...
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    Brinkman Legend LX Flashlight

    springnr- I don't think Galyan's carries the Attitude, just the Impact. For the Attitude, just drive down the tollway to 635. REI has the Attitude for around $19-20.
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    Brinkman Legend LX Flashlight

    Sigh. I didn't want to say anything cause I knew ya'll would buy them all up, but.......Galyan's in Frisco has them. Dang it, I'm sure they'll be gone now.....oh well, Merry Xmas. BTW, Galyan's is an awesome store. I like to go just to wander around. It's like a cross between REI and Academy.
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    How to salvage Maglite with corroded batteries?

    The batteries were 4 year old Duracells. The light was in a closet for the last few years because my Surefires have proven to be much more useful. I was getting this thing back out to put in the wife's car. So much for that idea. Prior to removing the batteries, they put out about 50% of the...
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    How to salvage Maglite with corroded batteries?

    It's an old one. I used a small punch to loosen the "nut" and managed to get the switch out. Of course the switch came outin 5 pieces, but it came out. I then used a 1 inch piece of bar stock inserted into the switch end to HAMMER the battery out. I mean, this thing was swole up like a tick...
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    How to salvage Maglite with corroded batteries?

    I dug out an old 4C Maglight and tried to pull the batteries out of it. The first two fell right out, the third took a little persuasion, and the fourth refuses to budge. They were all corroded and swollen. Any way I can get that last one out? At this point, I'm ready to chuck the barrel in...
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