Bought My First Surefire Today

[Tolly]

I decided after many years of Mag-Lite use that I would step it up a notch.

After going to the local Mom & Pop shop and looking at the Surefires and Streamlights, I came home with a Surefire 6P LED. It just seemed like the right balance of brightness, size and runtime. I hope I made the right choice and that I am happy in the long run with the Surefire. If so, I will be buying more of them.

It just hit me the other day that I usually spend between $800-$2500 on my carry pistol, but I wouldn't even spend $85 on a decent flashlight...Seems kinda silly don't it???

The light will be used for general purpose and daily carry along side my concealed carry piece. I will be having William Tucker of Tucker's Gunleather make me a custom pouch for it to match my HF1 1911 holster.

These two will become constant companions....sorry for the poor pics..

 

[a4d]

Ohh trust me the pics don't look half as bad as mine. Anyways good luck with the light. I don't have a surefire but seems like EVERYONE loves them.

 

[depusm12]

Nice Kimber, It shoot well? Once you start down the dark side to good flashlights, normal flashlights won't stand a chance. PS hold on to your wallet. You can't buy just one SureFire, eventually you'll own several or all of them.
:welcome:

 

[1wrx7]

You'll end up owning more Surefires.:welcome:

 

[kfallscody]

Yes, you have the surefire disease and will most likely end up with more.. .

The 6p is a good platform to start with. Can take standard P60 drop-ins I believe so if you wanted, you can make this light put out a TON of light.

 

[Tolly]

Is the P60 drop-in an LED or incan? I saw some of the incan Surefires that had awesome output, but the runtime sucked!

I think this light will have just about the right balance between brightness and runtime for my needs. I hope so anyway.

 

[sawlight]

And so it begins!!! IMO Surefire is everything it's hyped up to be!! You should be very happy with it for a long time!!!
Nice Kimber as well!

 

[slo-ryd]

Good choice!

Great taste in auto pistols as well. A Kimber custom shop "Royal Carry" was my favorite concealed carry piece. I foolishly let it go.

 

[BSCOTT1504]

:welcome: I started out with one Surefire and now I only have ten!! They are great lights.....:thumbsup:

 

[1wrx7]

Is the P60 drop-in an LED or incan? I saw some of the incan Surefires that had awesome output, but the runtime sucked!

I think this light will have just about the right balance between brightness and runtime for my needs. I hope so anyway.

Drop-in's refer to LED modules. In your pic it shows the 6PL, so you already have a drop-in. Output vs. runtime the SF unit looks good. There are other drop-in's that will give you more output with less runtime.
You should also be able to use the P60&P61 incan bulbs.

 

[bondr006]

I started with my first Surefire(an L1) August 31 of this year. I knew a good thing when I saw one, and now I have this many just three and a half months later. I my Surefires.

 

[ttran97]

Nice collection, Rob! Are we playing "Post your SF collection"? I recently thinned out mine a bit...

 

[Illum]

lol, ather than shifting the focus of this thread... I suppose bumping the predecessor thread to the long, old, and locked thread started by jtivat back in 2004 might be better for you two
Surefire Collection's - Part 2


geez guys, stop tempting him, his collection might grow faster than you'd think:laughing:
Tolly, beautiful gun, congrats to your new surefire

 

[bigfoot]

Congrats on the new light!

The fine folks here at CPF are right -- you can't own just ONE Surefire.

 

[Wassernaut]

That is one fine pair of precision tools. Simply gorgeous, and reliable. I congratulate you on your taste sir. I'd like to see the compete set-up when you have the matching holsters.

 

[Wassernaut]

I started with my first Surefire(an L1) August 31 of this year. I knew a good thing when I saw one, and now I have this many just three and a half months later. I my Surefires.

GOOD GOOBLY GOOOOP!!!!

That's a big family in less than four months. Better be careful and get you some beefy suspenders. With all those on your belt your britches are gonna hit the floor.

 

[Katdaddy]

If I can ever break this light buying habit I'm going to buy a Kimber. Good to see you bought the gun first. Smart move!! You will buy more Surefires. Check out the E2E.

 

[Federal LG]

AAAAARRGHH!! I bought my first SF (L1 model) and it is not here yet!!

Anxiety... anxiety... :mecry:

 

[steed77]

AAAAARRGHH!! I bought my first SF (L1 model) and it is not here yet!!

Anxiety... anxiety... :mecry:

Me too. Funny Mine is a ML1, hope it's worth the wait and price tag.

 

[bondr006]

Aaaarrrrggghhh!!!! I need an M6, I need an M6, I need an M6

Nice collection, Rob! Are we playing "Post your SF collection"? I recently thinned out mine a bit...