Surefire C3 Serial Number Registry

[altermann]

^ Does not get much better than that!
Are those tears of joy?

Lol
No, it's just water drops after washing

 

[Espionage Studio]

That crosshairs logo is so hot omg, one of these days with any luck I will snag one.

 

[thermal guy]

Just snagged a pretty decent one in black. I'm guessing there's not as many of them as the natural HA?

 

[archimedes]

I never saw official numbers, but here on CPF there sure seemed to be many more C3-HA than C3-BK

I think that the C2 were closer to an even split (maybe 55/45, respectively)

 

[ampdude]

Vintage look

:bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow:

 

[sidfishez]

Well I admit that I have broken my New Years pledge to not buy any more C3's, but you know that it's 2020 and nothing applies anymore. I've listed the ones that haven't been entered in the log.

A000612 HA 3-flats Cross Hairs Logo
A000974 BK 3-flats
A005700 BK 3-flats two patent dates
A011012 BK 4-flats
A016094 HA 4-flats
A023630 BK 4-flats

 

[Espionage Studio]

Way to go sidfishez, I knew you had some more stashed haha.

 

[sidfishez]

It's been a while since I have posted on this thread. I just wanted to let ampdude know that there are still more cross hair C3's out there. I picked up another one a couple years ago and never reported it.

A000232 BK Three Flats Cross Hair Logo

 

[luisma]

Didn't know this thread existed.
I have a C3-BK Crosshairs with serial A00040.
I have to find it in my collection boxes to take a picture and post it.

 

[thermal guy]

Your profile picture is a rare one!!

 

[luisma]

Your profile picture is a rare one!!

I love Surefire so I have collecting them for a few years and I have been very lucky with some very rare Surefire lights I have bought. I actually have 4 of the original 6C Surefire's, here is a picture of 3 of them.

 

[Bogie]

Didn't know this was a thing. I have 2x black 4 flats. SN#'s A010546 & A024551

 

[Espionage Studio]

Perhaps I cannot edit the list anymore? I went to update it with some new C3's and I am not seeing the edit option. If I find it I will certainly add these new lights to the list! (seems like I can edit this new post but cannot go back and edit the original list).

 

[cland72]

I picked up a nice condition C3-HA on eBay. I'm afraid to use it too much because I want to keep it in great shape. I've added a polished stainless bezel ring and 2x17500 but otherwise it's stock.

Serial A007413

 

[ampdude]

I love all C3's, but the round body are my favorites. I've had my 765 forever and it has some happy and unhappy memories with it. Interesting that it was a transition piece, apparently just when they stopped putting the crosshair logo on the body. Most C3's you see nowadays are either rode hard and put away wet a few too many times, or a ridiculous price. I always tried to take care of all my lights no matter what they went through.

 

[Kestrel]

An old pic of my pair of 3-flats that I posted to CPF /years/ ago;

SF C2 003.jpg

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A few more pics of them here:

C2

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[ampdude]

The serial ranges on the C2's with the crosshair logo run much higher, since the C3 was not yet released when the C2 came out as far as I recall.

 

[Megalamuffin]

My pair of C3's. Nothing special as far as rarity, but I use the black one all the time and the HA is mint.

 

[Espionage Studio]

Added the latest additions to the list in post 1. Long live the C3 🔥