revolvergeek
Flashlight Enthusiast
I was driving up to north Louisiana for work and decided to go check out this pawn shop that I had been to a couple of years back. After walking through and looking at many dreadfully overpriced guns and embarassingly bad quality knives I noticed a odd clear plastic Surefire box with a 6P in it. Price tag was $54.95. Looked OLD. The box reminded me of the boxes the old Laser Products pistol laser sights used to come in 8 or 9 years ago when I worked at the range. I asked the guy to take it out so I could look at it.
The 6P did not look quite right. It looked a litle short. Then I noticed the lanyard ring! I took it out and it is a closed barrel / no tail cap switch 6P (6C? ), so old that the lamp is not even marked with P60. It is unnatural looking and yet perfectly cool all at the same time. The condition is truely perfect-mint in box with the original papers and batteries. I read the price tag again, and took a guess at their date code and told the guy "I know you have had this light for at least 7 or 8 years. What is the best price you can do???"
Out the door for $37.50!!
I also found a new Dorcy light, a Xenon Ultimalight. Very cool 4AA light with a bi-pen xenon bulb that is quite bight on one end and a CCFT tube running up the middle of it. Not very heavy duty construction, but dang this thing is bright. The CCFT puts out a very smooth, even if somewhat cold light. I think I will stop back again on the way back to home and pick up another one.
Looks like a good trip so far...
Danny
The 6P did not look quite right. It looked a litle short. Then I noticed the lanyard ring! I took it out and it is a closed barrel / no tail cap switch 6P (6C? ), so old that the lamp is not even marked with P60. It is unnatural looking and yet perfectly cool all at the same time. The condition is truely perfect-mint in box with the original papers and batteries. I read the price tag again, and took a guess at their date code and told the guy "I know you have had this light for at least 7 or 8 years. What is the best price you can do???"
Out the door for $37.50!!
I also found a new Dorcy light, a Xenon Ultimalight. Very cool 4AA light with a bi-pen xenon bulb that is quite bight on one end and a CCFT tube running up the middle of it. Not very heavy duty construction, but dang this thing is bright. The CCFT puts out a very smooth, even if somewhat cold light. I think I will stop back again on the way back to home and pick up another one.
Looks like a good trip so far...
Danny
