Les Jones, who is no longer blogging, once said something to the effect of A Mag Light is a gateway drug to a serious flashlight addiction. Well, I think this guy has reached peak addiction.
Ok, its been over a decade, I can tell this story. I was working in and around Kabul a few years ago. One of the big, bad, brawlers was once a SureFire sales rep. Educated fellow and the son of a federal legislator type but he looked like he would be more at home swinging a broad sword on a battlefield 1000 years ago.
As a SureFire rep, he had access to samples of their entire inventory. He used this access to demonstrate and photograph all that the company offered. He used his girlfriend as a flashlight support. More specifically, he took CANDID flashlight pics.
She didn’t use her hands to hold the light. And he shared the pics with his coworkers.
Here’s my 10 foot pole, even with which I am NOT going to touch the above comment.
I bought a Surefire G2 (in yellow) on a whim, not knowing what the brand was about, at McBride’s Gun Shop in Austin, I guess when they first started being sold. It was one of my better decisions.
A bright yellow flashlight. Which was easy to find in the dark. Like when I didn’t have a flashlight and needed one. Why this topic, the color of the flashlight, isn’t discussed with regard to finding one in the dark, when one needs a flashlight, amuses me.
I have never been cool, let alone tacticool. But I can find my flashlight in the truck’s console in low light, or in the desk at home when the power goes out. http://www.surefire.com/g2x-pro-yellow.html
October 24th, 2017 at 10:55 pm
Ok, its been over a decade, I can tell this story. I was working in and around Kabul a few years ago. One of the big, bad, brawlers was once a SureFire sales rep. Educated fellow and the son of a federal legislator type but he looked like he would be more at home swinging a broad sword on a battlefield 1000 years ago.
As a SureFire rep, he had access to samples of their entire inventory. He used this access to demonstrate and photograph all that the company offered. He used his girlfriend as a flashlight support. More specifically, he took CANDID flashlight pics.
She didn’t use her hands to hold the light. And he shared the pics with his coworkers.
I can’t even pick one up without giggling a bit.
October 25th, 2017 at 9:39 am
Here’s my 10 foot pole, even with which I am NOT going to touch the above comment.
I bought a Surefire G2 (in yellow) on a whim, not knowing what the brand was about, at McBride’s Gun Shop in Austin, I guess when they first started being sold. It was one of my better decisions.
A bright yellow flashlight. Which was easy to find in the dark. Like when I didn’t have a flashlight and needed one. Why this topic, the color of the flashlight, isn’t discussed with regard to finding one in the dark, when one needs a flashlight, amuses me.
I have never been cool, let alone tacticool. But I can find my flashlight in the truck’s console in low light, or in the desk at home when the power goes out.
http://www.surefire.com/g2x-pro-yellow.html