What's the story on Mexican made Surefire incandescent lamp assemblies?

[ampdude]

I just received a Made in Mexico R60 and an R30 same. Came from an old shop.

 

[Blackbird13]

Cool to see you still looking for them

 

[ampdude]

At this point, the only SF lamp assembly for the standard line of non-rechargeables I have never seen a Made in Mexico version of is the P61, but I'm sure they must exist as well.

I don't recall ever seeing any lamp assemblies from Surefire's incandescent rechargeable line that were labeled Made in Mexico. Does anyone know of such an example?

 

[ampdude]

Looking through the stash, I just noticed a Made in Mexico X80 lamp assembly. So, it wasn't just confined to the P60/D26 sized lamp assemblies.

And it's also marked "Laser Products". This is the lamp assembly for the 8X or 8AX Commander.

 

[ampdude]

Cool to see you still looking for them

Thanks. Having the mind of a historian and collector I obsess over weird things.

 

[bykfixer]

Thanks for the update(s).

I was priveledged to receive a Mexican made R30 a few months ago. It was burnt unfortunately, but it looks cool displayed with other vintage Laser Products stuff.

 

[ampdude]

IIRC my R30 was new in the package. I might have to go digging for that one, I'm guessing it's pretty rare to have one of those with Mexico markings.

 

[bykfixer]

I recently put a Chinese made Yuji led in my Mexican made R30 and put that into an American made 3P clone.

And who says this aint a great country?

 

[ampdude]

Haha, that's funny! My search continues... I need to find a P61. If I get really OCD I need to find a frosted and unfrosted bulb version of this.