Help needed to understand if it a real-steel or counterfeit.

Hello guys I too my self having some questions regarding SF clones.

Now Im close to buy a SF a187195. But Im not an expert on SF and flashlights generally so some advices would be welcome....I have some photos of the flashlight and I would like to tell me if you can spot something unusual!!
take a look at this photobucket library and tell me....

http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/Ma...gar/slideshow/

That's a fake. It's a copy of a model 951 - a187195 is the serial number that was reused on almost all the clones, and is not a model number. The other dead give away is that it's a black 951, and I'm pretty sure that Surefire never made the 951 in black. Further, the black finish looks like a coating rather than the proper green colored type III hard anodizing a real 951 would have.

Don't waste your money. Sign up over on CPF marketplace and either watch the sales threads there, or post a want to buy thread if you want to get a real 951.

a187195 makes an interesting Google search.

Norm

scsmith said:

The other dead give away is that it's a black 951, and I'm pretty sure that Surefire never made the 951 in black.

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That is not entirely true. The M952V (the vampire weapon light) came with a Black HA body. However your other observations are accurate.