@MDFA What is the Benchmade?
@MDFA What is the Benchmade?
My Fat Boy CL posing with a classic Z2 COMBATLIGHT -
The tailcap used on this sample is an old SF Z31 twisty, which has an amazing feel to its operation making it ideal for a syringe grip (Rogers-Surefire Technique). Lumens Factory makes an excellent clone of this tailcap which IMO is even better than the original SF.
The body used is an Oveready E35 which accepts an 18350 Li-ion cell. This body is supposed to be available again soon with a few tweaks based on my suggestions.
I've been carrying this light every day for months. I find the syringe grip to be fast to acquire and like holding a handgun, points the 70,000 candela beam very naturally;
The finger ring allows easy, hands-free retention of the light;
As of now, waiting for Oveready to release the new E35 (and E70) bodies.
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I enthusiastically adopted the Rogers Surefire technique immediately when it came out, and learned about the ring retainer from, of all people, Gabe Suarez. I laid out the princely sum of 65.00 for one(eating peanut butter sammiches for a few weeks), even though I had a perfectly usable Laser Products original. It had an eye scalding 65 lumens from its incandescent bulb that broke often enough to need replacements kept on hand. The hot lick was to use a flash-bang pull ring. I simply used a large split ring. In fact, I was so satisfied with it that years later I never bothered going to a WML.
Still got both.
Old cheap dogs and all...
Last edited by feudist; 05-20-2023 at 12:31 PM.
I don’t know if this loadout counts as EDC, but I carried it every day I was camping.
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