From this thread: http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?408160-Another-noob-from-South-Africa
Why I think my Surefire saved my life once. Possibly.
I was at a friend's house one night for a barbeque. His house is inside a townhouse complex, which complex is situated inside a security estate.
They have suffered a violent home invasion before, during which he suffered a broken jaw. Luckily for all his wife was unharmed. Crime is, however, still rife in the area. This incident caused him to obtain a handgun for self defence, so we shared similar interests.
So while grilling the meat that night (around 21h00) I was slightly more alert than usual. It was during that time that I saw bowed heada bobbing past his boundary wall, like people running while crouching. I immediately alerted him, and we barricaded ourselves and our wives inside the house, and phoned the police.
At this point, my buddy told me about a widow that lives at the edge of the complex, whom he knows to not be very security conscious. We decided to leave the wifes barricaded inside the house with a shotgun and a pistol, and we went to ensure the lady is okay and her house properly secured.
I had my SF 6P Defender (Malkoff M61 dropin) on me.
We left the house (bad move, I know), fully aware of the danger that may await.
We were both on hyper alert. At one point, I stopped at a corner where we crouched. He loaded his pistol (why it wasn't one-up in the first place I cannot fathom). From this corner I swept the entire area with my light, getting every dark corner.
Not seeing anything we quickly made it to the lady's house, who was thankfully still okay and her house already properly locked up.
At that stage the police arrived, who patrolled the complex for the better part of the night.
Now, the following day my buddy was able to access the CCTV footage of the complex. Three guys were seen entering, making their way to our vehicles firstly, and then further in. When we left the house, they were hiding behind parked vehicles.
My torch beam could clearly be seen on the footage, and when I lit up the area where they were hiding, the made themselves small behind the cars, and upon my beam leaving the area, the beat a hasty retreat over the furtherest complex boundary wall.
At least one of them was armed, we could not ascertain if any of the others were but probabilities are not in our favour.
So yeah, from then on, I'm never without decent candlepower if I leave the house, whether it is dark outside or not.
Why I think my Surefire saved my life once. Possibly.
I was at a friend's house one night for a barbeque. His house is inside a townhouse complex, which complex is situated inside a security estate.
They have suffered a violent home invasion before, during which he suffered a broken jaw. Luckily for all his wife was unharmed. Crime is, however, still rife in the area. This incident caused him to obtain a handgun for self defence, so we shared similar interests.
So while grilling the meat that night (around 21h00) I was slightly more alert than usual. It was during that time that I saw bowed heada bobbing past his boundary wall, like people running while crouching. I immediately alerted him, and we barricaded ourselves and our wives inside the house, and phoned the police.
At this point, my buddy told me about a widow that lives at the edge of the complex, whom he knows to not be very security conscious. We decided to leave the wifes barricaded inside the house with a shotgun and a pistol, and we went to ensure the lady is okay and her house properly secured.
I had my SF 6P Defender (Malkoff M61 dropin) on me.
We left the house (bad move, I know), fully aware of the danger that may await.
We were both on hyper alert. At one point, I stopped at a corner where we crouched. He loaded his pistol (why it wasn't one-up in the first place I cannot fathom). From this corner I swept the entire area with my light, getting every dark corner.
Not seeing anything we quickly made it to the lady's house, who was thankfully still okay and her house already properly locked up.
At that stage the police arrived, who patrolled the complex for the better part of the night.
Now, the following day my buddy was able to access the CCTV footage of the complex. Three guys were seen entering, making their way to our vehicles firstly, and then further in. When we left the house, they were hiding behind parked vehicles.
My torch beam could clearly be seen on the footage, and when I lit up the area where they were hiding, the made themselves small behind the cars, and upon my beam leaving the area, the beat a hasty retreat over the furtherest complex boundary wall.
At least one of them was armed, we could not ascertain if any of the others were but probabilities are not in our favour.
So yeah, from then on, I'm never without decent candlepower if I leave the house, whether it is dark outside or not.
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