this flashlight is a BAMF

[madwabbit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDEpNWo7YgM

Okay, I know I'm a gadget nerd, but this is pretty F awesome. Just a little something to shift focus from all the negative threads at the moment, I figured we could use a little fun.

 

[Vermiform]

Let me be the first to add some negative into this thread then.




Ain't nevah been done befoh............

FWIW, I think that pedo stole the idea from somewhere else......

 

[Vermiform]

 

[pyreaux]

Magpul put bids of that think out somewhere between '08 and '10

 

[Expert684]

That ain't nothing! Did you see the size of that SCARS in the background!!

 

[madwabbit]

I dont watch much TV, but thats my first time seeing that design. No idea who did it first, don't really care. If it had that scumbag pedo's name on it I wouldnt have shared.

 

[Vermiform]

I dont watch much TV, but thats my first time seeing that design. No idea who did it first, don't really care. If it had that scumbag pedo's name on it I wouldnt have shared.

I know what you mean.

It was the "shift focus from all the negative threads" that drew me out. I was like......

 

[DAVE_M]

While the Magpul FMG9 is awesome!

Here's some neat lights that don't involve a Glock 18:

Nitecore TM36
Throw: 1100 Meters!!!
1800 Lumens

Nitecore TM26
3500 Lumens

Surefire Hellfighter
3000 Lumens

 

[madwabbit]

While the Magpul FMG9 is awesome!

Here's some neat lights that don't involve a Glock 18:

Nitecore TM36
Throw: 1100 Meters!!!
1800 Lumens

Nitecore TM26
3500 Lumens

Surefire Hellfighter
3000 Lumens

lmfao. some of those might interfere with FAA regulations

 

[DAVE_M]

lmfao. some of those might interfere with FAA regulations

I wouldn't be surprised if they do. The TM26 is more of a flood light, than a focused beam.

There's a video on YouTube of a guy with a TM36 lighting up a rock pile 500 yards away! The Nitecore lights even have a temperature gauge built in so you don't overheat the lights!

 

[pecka]

The Magpul "original" variation was introduced at the 2008 Shot Show.

 

[calcagno45]

There's a video on YouTube of a guy with a TM36 lighting up a rock pile 500 yards away! The Nitecore lights even have a temperature gauge built in so you don't overheat the lights!

The TM36 is such a BAMF, it comes with a sling and a $300+ price tag(I still want one)

 

[Richard in LA]

I see that video is making the rounds on Facebook currently. Saw it shared/posted a couple times last night

 

[JCcypress]

Let me blow all your minds...

UC-M21, as featured in 1990's Academy Award Winner for Best Movie Ever, Robocop 2.

Designed by Dave Boatman, based on the ARES FMG

The FMG was designed in 1984 by Francis J. Warin for Eugene Stoner's company ARES Inc. (US Patent 4625621, filed April 2, 1984) Warin designed the FMG as a PDW for high-ranking politicians and wealthy businessmen in kidnapping prone nations.
While the two weapons are internally the same, the UC-M21 features an improved exterior and the addition of sling swivels.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/UC-M21


Edit to add: This article (http://www.guns.com/2013/02/08/foldable-submachine-guns/) states that the design harks back to the 1970s. I can't attest to the reliability of any of these statements, but it's a pretty cool gun disguised as a radio... sort of.


Edit to add, again: Wow the rabbit hole goes deeper. You can actually still buy these... http://www.fullautoclassics.com/index.html (Website has music)

 

[Richard in LA]

I've seen that fullautoclassic website in the past, I guess at the time I kinda figured it was similar to the DIAS ad in the back of every shotgun news

 

[Suburbazine]

I wouldn't be surprised if they do. The TM26 is more of a flood light, than a focused beam.

There's a video on YouTube of a guy with a TM36 lighting up a rock pile 500 yards away! The Nitecore lights even have a temperature gauge built in so you don't overheat the lights!

A TM will step down to avoid overheating. And yes a 36 will do some ocular incineration:

I was playing with it during the 4th of July fireworks on the mississippi, I could put an equally bright spot on the bridge as the BRPD chopper, just a smaller area. Don't let the lower lumen output sway you, it will outperform a TM26 hands down except at distances less than 50'. There's something to be said for having actual optics.