Solscud007
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got pics? you cant make a cool post like that and not show pics haha
got pics? you cant make a cool post like that and not show pics haha
Show your Rare/Unusual SureFires - Part 1
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Size15's
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SureFire introduced the Tan version of the M600A shortly before they released the M600C so I don't suppose there are that many M600A's in that finish although I've no idea how many that could be. Thousands perhaps.
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SureFire introduced the Tan version of the M600A shortly before they released the M600C so I don't suppose there are that many M600A's in that finish although I've no idea how many that could be. Thousands perhaps.
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This is about all I got in the rare/unusual category. A CPF edition G2 and a black M2 bezel (mounted on a Z3).
This is about all I got in the rare/unusual category. A CPF edition G2 and a black M2 bezel (mounted on a Z3).
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Size15's
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They are only needed for the most niche of applications so SureFire no longer make them as a production item.Not a flashlight, but sure wish they still made these!
Bruce B
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How I'd love to own this G2 gem. What a collectors piece this would be.
How I'd love to own this G2 gem. What a collectors piece this would be.
naked2
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All it is is two CR123As shrinkwrapped together, right?Not a flashlight, but sure wish they still made these!
JNewell
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I thought all the 6v weaponslights needed those?
I thought all the 6v weaponslights needed those?
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Kinda sort of, it is actually 2 123's you can read the red label of the 123' through the white shrink wrap. But they also had a welded strap and a fiber washer between them. and were flat on both ends (think it is just a washer up front).
But using 123's in my weapons lights I have busted about 6 of the heads off of 123's. With that old 223 battery it never happened.
All the forend replacement style like for the Remington 870 or mp5 used them back in the day. For surefire they probably were a niche item in terms of sales because people were just using 123's.
Kinda sort of, it is actually 2 123's you can read the red label of the 123' through the white shrink wrap. But they also had a welded strap and a fiber washer between them. and were flat on both ends (think it is just a washer up front).
But using 123's in my weapons lights I have busted about 6 of the heads off of 123's. With that old 223 battery it never happened.
size15 said:
All the forend replacement style like for the Remington 870 or mp5 used them back in the day. For surefire they probably were a niche item in terms of sales because people were just using 123's.
greenLED
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What exactly do you mean by "busted", Seiko? Is there something breaking? Just curious.
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The button on the head of the rear battery will break off. Not all the way just separates from the body of the battery. Also had one of the rear battery punch through the bottom of the front one. This is since they stopped making the 223 in 2002ish.
It is to the point where I take the batteries and the light assembly off the gun (870 and 1187) when I shoot it other then low light drills.
The button on the head of the rear battery will break off. Not all the way just separates from the body of the battery. Also had one of the rear battery punch through the bottom of the front one. This is since they stopped making the 223 in 2002ish.
It is to the point where I take the batteries and the light assembly off the gun (870 and 1187) when I shoot it other then low light drills.
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Oh yes !!
I'd really love to have some of those !
IIRC Titaniums can be had in stick form, but I don't wanna have Titaniums.
bernie
Not a flashlight, but sure wish they still made these!
Oh yes !!
I'd really love to have some of those !
IIRC Titaniums can be had in stick form, but I don't wanna have Titaniums.
bernie
JNewell
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I thought that the general view was that the current generation of Titanium cells was reliable? (Not so the earlier versions.) Am I wrong?
I thought that the general view was that the current generation of Titanium cells was reliable? (Not so the earlier versions.) Am I wrong?
auxcoastie
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Had this up for less then 12 hours on CPF Market place and it was gone. It has been mine up until now and I had people tell me red 3P's were rare.
Had this up for less then 12 hours on CPF Market place and it was gone. It has been mine up until now and I had people tell me red 3P's were rare.
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donn_
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I guess these are rare and unusual:
SRTH and T3 turboheads on 2 and 3xAA bodies respectively.
I think I like the look.
I guess these are rare and unusual:
SRTH and T3 turboheads on 2 and 3xAA bodies respectively.
I think I like the look.
greenLED
Flashaholic
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Bummer. Never a good thing when lights & batteries break like that. I guess the tolerances were different back then for those particular lights?
Size15's
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As a result the batteries spend less time being subjected to forces that tend to eventually damage them causing contact-reliability issues etc, and therefore the shock-isolated battery sticks are no longer necessary in all but a few niche applications.
SureFire has Americans making these shock isolated battery sticks by hand and so there is an obvious cost difference for the considerable difference taken to prepare these products other the SF123A's produced by the tens of millions by machines.
If you're a customer, for example a specialist military, government or law enforcement team that uses tactics requiring specialist equipment and supplies there are companies like SureFire that ensure such groups have what they need to prevail.
Equipment and supplies that it is simply not economic or practical to put in production or offer for retail etc.
Al
Given the low cost of SF123A batteries compared to the DL123A batteries back before SureFire introduced the concept of low cost OEM branded CR123A's, the batteries in WeaponLights can be and are changed more often.
As a result the batteries spend less time being subjected to forces that tend to eventually damage them causing contact-reliability issues etc, and therefore the shock-isolated battery sticks are no longer necessary in all but a few niche applications.
SureFire has Americans making these shock isolated battery sticks by hand and so there is an obvious cost difference for the considerable difference taken to prepare these products other the SF123A's produced by the tens of millions by machines.
If you're a customer, for example a specialist military, government or law enforcement team that uses tactics requiring specialist equipment and supplies there are companies like SureFire that ensure such groups have what they need to prevail.
Equipment and supplies that it is simply not economic or practical to put in production or offer for retail etc.
Al
Beretta1526
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The SF overrun lights that already had the Strider logo on them were all re-laser engraged with the "2001" and sold separately, just as shown in the photo of willrx's "stack-o-Striders" there. As with most "special" runs of SF lights (like the E2-CJ and C2-CJ), there was almost no mention of them anywhere, other than on dealer websites like Bulldog Enterprises (Geez, I miss BDE). To my knowledge, none of the 2001 lights had the SW02 tailcap, and were simply packaged as any other M2, but with different model number and the engraving. ALL of the SF/Strider sets that were sold had SW02 TC's when they shipped from SureFire. Anyone that got one second-hand that had anything other than the SW02 has one that was swapped out.
I believe I currently hold the highest serial number SureFire-Strider light, s/n 299. My SureFire-Strider knife (and it's BIG) is s/n 289. There is a long story behind why my s/n's are 10 off, but the short of it is that the guy that has the M2 body that belongs with my knife won't give it up. He won't even trade it for my #299, not even just the body + some cash. I haven't pestered him recently, but the last two attempts of contact he didn't even acknowledge.
Anyway, I have yet to come across the knife for set #299 or see set #300 anywhere (if it exists, it's most likely kept at SF or Strider or something like that), but vaguely recall seeing a photo of the SF-M2-ST #301, and it had the "2001" engraving on it. My #299 does not have the 2001.
These sets were meant to be a true collaboration between SureFire and Strider. Strider was just not able to produce the number of knives required without making sacrafices in quality. Strider may have been dealing with contract deadlines too, I really don't know. Rather than have issues or drag the release out, they scaled it back and that's where it ended (at 300 sets). I would have LOVED to see an E2e/SnG combo for the EDC crowd, but Strider just plain got busy and couldn't keep up.
I posted this pic in a thread about SF displays, but you can see the M2 in the display, and the knife in the foreground with the sheath off to the side:
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The SF overrun lights that already had the Strider logo on them were all re-laser engraged with the "2001" and sold separately, just as shown in the photo of willrx's "stack-o-Striders" there. As with most "special" runs of SF lights (like the E2-CJ and C2-CJ), there was almost no mention of them anywhere, other than on dealer websites like Bulldog Enterprises (Geez, I miss BDE). To my knowledge, none of the 2001 lights had the SW02 tailcap, and were simply packaged as any other M2, but with different model number and the engraving. ALL of the SF/Strider sets that were sold had SW02 TC's when they shipped from SureFire. Anyone that got one second-hand that had anything other than the SW02 has one that was swapped out.
I believe I currently hold the highest serial number SureFire-Strider light, s/n 299. My SureFire-Strider knife (and it's BIG) is s/n 289. There is a long story behind why my s/n's are 10 off, but the short of it is that the guy that has the M2 body that belongs with my knife won't give it up. He won't even trade it for my #299, not even just the body + some cash. I haven't pestered him recently, but the last two attempts of contact he didn't even acknowledge.
Anyway, I have yet to come across the knife for set #299 or see set #300 anywhere (if it exists, it's most likely kept at SF or Strider or something like that), but vaguely recall seeing a photo of the SF-M2-ST #301, and it had the "2001" engraving on it. My #299 does not have the 2001.
These sets were meant to be a true collaboration between SureFire and Strider. Strider was just not able to produce the number of knives required without making sacrafices in quality. Strider may have been dealing with contract deadlines too, I really don't know. Rather than have issues or drag the release out, they scaled it back and that's where it ended (at 300 sets). I would have LOVED to see an E2e/SnG combo for the EDC crowd, but Strider just plain got busy and couldn't keep up.
I posted this pic in a thread about SF displays, but you can see the M2 in the display, and the knife in the foreground with the sheath off to the side:
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I'm still loving my E2e-CJ and the other E2e-CJ I have still sealed in the box. Does anyone out there still have a sealed E2e-CJ? Didn't think so.... :nana:
Maybe somebody somewhere, please come forward.
Beretta1526, I wish I had known you had that hard anodized E2e-BK with the twisty before you put it on B/S/T, I would have snapped it up in a second. I almost jumped on the orange E2e that came up a few days ago, but I can't afford anymore SF shelf queens at the moment.
E2e-CJ and C2-CJ has to be the coolest lights Surefire has ever put out to date.
Hey Surefire, wanna get your sales up quick, even in this economic climate? Put out 100 more E2e-CJ's and 100 C2-CJ's to your favorite dealer and watch them sell out in a week.
I'm still loving my E2e-CJ and the other E2e-CJ I have still sealed in the box. Does anyone out there still have a sealed E2e-CJ? Didn't think so.... :nana:
Maybe somebody somewhere, please come forward.
Beretta1526, I wish I had known you had that hard anodized E2e-BK with the twisty before you put it on B/S/T, I would have snapped it up in a second. I almost jumped on the orange E2e that came up a few days ago, but I can't afford anymore SF shelf queens at the moment.
E2e-CJ and C2-CJ has to be the coolest lights Surefire has ever put out to date.
Hey Surefire, wanna get your sales up quick, even in this economic climate? Put out 100 more E2e-CJ's and 100 C2-CJ's to your favorite dealer and watch them sell out in a week.
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willrx
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Beretta1526,
Thanks for taking the time to share this information-but the plot thickens. At least one of my M2-ST's are above 400 and none of them are engraved 2001. I'll try to get a picture up.
Beretta1526,
Thanks for taking the time to share this information-but the plot thickens. At least one of my M2-ST's are above 400 and none of them are engraved 2001.
I'll try to get a picture up.- Status
