What to do with a Mag 6D?

[Solscud007]

I'm not familiar with mag mods. I just found an old 6D mag at a hardware store. Other than using it as a lethal blunt weapon, what can I do to make one bright *** light? Are there mods that require a 6D body?

 

[Tekno_Cowboy]

For the brightest output, an incan hotwire would do the trick. For a good balance of output and runtime, an MC-E or P7 would be the way to go.

 

[lctorana]

what can I do to make one bright *** light?

We can recommend plenty of ways to make it brighter, but you'll have to provide your own donkey.

 

[Howecollc]

I'm not familiar with mag mods. I just found an old 6D mag at a hardware store. Other than using it as a lethal blunt weapon, what can I do to make one bright *** light? Are there mods that require a 6D body?

For the least possible expenditure of money, put one of these 5 cell Xenon bulbs in it with your standard alkaline or heavy-duty batteries.
For something much more fabulous and costly look up some info on the 3854 ROP-Hi mod.

On second thought; considering your 900+ posts, you're probably looking for an LED mod, but I'll offer these anyway.

 

[lctorana]

considering your 900+ posts, you're probably looking for an LED mod

The assumption being that the longer someone is on CPF, the more of a LED bigot they inevitably become?

If that's my future, I'm quitting now.

Anyhoo, since we're still in the Incan forum, what CPF member Norm did a couple of years ago was 11 4/5 Sub-C cells in a sleeve, powering a 64610 bulb in a Kiu socket. Skip to post # 27. That's good for 2000-odd lumens...

 

[KiwiMark]

what can I do to make one bright *** light? Are there mods that require a 6D body?

6 x good NiMH cells
Glass Lens
Aluminium Reflector
3854-H Bulb

That ought to cover it. You would then be running 30+ watts to the bulb and still get ~2 hours of run time.

 

[Solscud007]

Wow. Awesome thanks. Does the 3854-H bulb just fit into the mag or is there a replacement bulb holder? Can you point me in the direction to get a pre-made aluminum reflector and glass lens? thanks

 

[KiwiMark]

Wow. Awesome thanks. Does the 3854-H bulb just fit into the mag or is there a replacement bulb holder? Can you point me in the direction to get a pre-made aluminum reflector and glass lens? thanks

The bulb is here - Pelican 3854, it is the same fitting as the original Maglite bulb - it just fits straight in.

Aluminium reflectors are available here (OP) or Here (smooth).

The glass lenses are available from a few places - these guys are the best.

 

[bouncer]

or buy both from http://www.britelumens.com/

 

[apete2]

If you want somehthing slightly less powerful you could use 6 d primary and the HPX 53 bulb