kramer5150
Flashaholic
I have never held one before, but the added mass could help counter-balance the weight of the bezel. Some of the heavier bezels do not balance very well in the hand... IMHO.
No, they have the same internals. The SW02 is heavier and bulkier than the Z48 and lacks knurling. I never understood the fascination with it, why it sells for more money, or the reason why it was ever made in the first place for that matter..
I like to think that it was my breaking the proto-type "M2" bezel that, in part, drove SureFire to giving it a much thicker bezel wall compared to the M3 bezel to beef it up.
I put the M2 through horrendously abusive, almost reckless at times field-testing. My goal was to see just how well the M2 bezel protected the Lamp Assembly. The difference between a C2 and M2 in terms of ability to withstand abusive handling and use including wilful misuse was significant. I also was able to demonstrate the robustness of the High Output Lamp Assemblies such as the P61 for the M2. The shorter, thicker, straighter filaments did not deform (or indeed break) under significant physical shock/impact etc.
I have tremendous respect for the M2.
Al
Wow interesting. Do you have more details of this "abuse test" got pics of the prototype M2 head?
This is the tail switch assembly I'm currently running on my duty rifle. Would the SW02 be able to work with this!?!
This is the tail switch assembly I'm currently running on my duty rifle. Would the SW02 be able to work with this!?!
http://www.surefire.com/surefire/content/xm07_large.jpg