ShineOnYouCrazyDiamond
Flashlight Enthusiast
I've posted this pic in a few other threads but it also seems fitting to post it up in here. It's also been a long time since I've posted up here in the Incandescent forum.
Been on a bit of an incan kick lately. I've put together a few nice lights using the P91, a KT1 with FM-MN bi-pin, a nice M6 build with PhD-M6 for a CPF buddy and an A2 with a Strion kit and Callipsoi ring.
The one thing that's been missing from all these setups is a nice M3. But, I wanted to be able to run 2x18500 cells and that required a bored M3 to work. Finding a bored M3 body would probably take forever and I don't have the patience to send out a body and wait the requisite 2-6 months to get it done. The other option was legoing together some sort of a combo but I also didn't want to spend the money for a M3 and then have to buy a body and all the other required parts to make it work.
A week or two back I saw a M3 head in very good condition and a MN11 posted and that was enough to kick me off in the right direction so I grabbed those two items. To that I added an Oveready 2x18500 Moddolar HA body, a HA Triad Tailcap with clip, a OR M3/M6 adapter and an AW SoftStart switch. The HA match on all the OR parts is really spot on - don't know if Dan picked these parts out of the bin for me so that they were all a close match - but they look really great. The M3 head is a touch more grey and the body a bit more on the olive drab but the photo below shows the difference a lot more than when you are just holding the light in your hand.
I think the M3 combo looks great. It's a nice solid weight and very well balanced. The clip hooks onto the outside of a pocket and works fine for what I need. I may consider putting some trits into the tailcap down the road but I haven't decided on a color yet.
Been on a bit of an incan kick lately. I've put together a few nice lights using the P91, a KT1 with FM-MN bi-pin, a nice M6 build with PhD-M6 for a CPF buddy and an A2 with a Strion kit and Callipsoi ring.
The one thing that's been missing from all these setups is a nice M3. But, I wanted to be able to run 2x18500 cells and that required a bored M3 to work. Finding a bored M3 body would probably take forever and I don't have the patience to send out a body and wait the requisite 2-6 months to get it done. The other option was legoing together some sort of a combo but I also didn't want to spend the money for a M3 and then have to buy a body and all the other required parts to make it work.
A week or two back I saw a M3 head in very good condition and a MN11 posted and that was enough to kick me off in the right direction so I grabbed those two items. To that I added an Oveready 2x18500 Moddolar HA body, a HA Triad Tailcap with clip, a OR M3/M6 adapter and an AW SoftStart switch. The HA match on all the OR parts is really spot on - don't know if Dan picked these parts out of the bin for me so that they were all a close match - but they look really great. The M3 head is a touch more grey and the body a bit more on the olive drab but the photo below shows the difference a lot more than when you are just holding the light in your hand.
I think the M3 combo looks great. It's a nice solid weight and very well balanced. The clip hooks onto the outside of a pocket and works fine for what I need. I may consider putting some trits into the tailcap down the road but I haven't decided on a color yet.
