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https://www.baycoproducts.com/produc...m/tcm-550xl-gl
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looks like Streamlight has at least put the emitter for the IR version into the bezel with the white light... "only" 300 lumens though?
https://www.amazon.com/Streamlight-6.../dp/B07PKW46K4
300L is fine its more on the focus and throw. I have seen 1000L lights that have do not have a focus or throw be useless where a Surefire M951 had a better focus that made it a better thrower.
The Malkoff E2 HyperThrow head has only 500 lumens, yet has double the candela (35k) of a SureFire M600DF with 1500 lumens (16k candela). So the M600DF is way floodier, and the lack of throw is often seen as a weakness for a rifle-mounted light. The old M600U, ironically, had more throw than the M600DF (22k candela), despite only having 1000 lumens.
There are a lot of cheap weapon lights that you can get from Amazon and other places that say 500-1000 lumens. They have that at the source but when you try and use them for down range to ID others and you can do it from a older surefire M951, M961, or even some of streamlight weapon lights that have a better reflector that lets the lights be able to focus on a longer range target. I have issue with some lights that say I have 1000 lumens but I cannot ID a target at 25-30 yards because it is not focused. That is why you need to take a look at the construction of the light and how the reflectors are. Look at the same number lumen lights in the Surefire lineup with a X300 or a M600 how yes you can use a pistol light on a rifle but the reflector on my M600 is better than my X300 on my rifle and I can ID people at longer ranges than my early made X300U.