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From: wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL (Will Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re:  laser sights
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Date: 28 May 91 16:27:25 GMT
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I wrote:
#If a non-laser mini-flashlight will do, though, there IS an alternative
#for certain models of automatics. At least one company makes a
#replacement magazine (or an add-on for an existing magazine; not sure)
#that holds a mini-flashlight at the bottom, so it projects forward under
#the grip. 
#I *think* these are made by Eagle, but I'm running on memory here. 

Here I am again! They ARE made by Eagle; I have the ad here with me.
They are called "Nite-Mag"s and are made in several models, both with
and without magazines, so you can convert your own mags or buy them with
the Eagle "Alpha-Mag" high-capacity magazines.

They are available for Colt .45, 10mm, .38 Super, Colt Officer's Model,
SIG P-220, Ruger, Beretta, & Taurus. The flashlight appears to be the
MagLite Mini-Mag, but that is nowhere stated in the brochure. The light
is modified to use a pressure switch on a wire extending from the rear
of the magazine basepad.

[One thing that comes to mind is that this arrangement, if the pressure
switch is firmly attached to the gun, may interfere with the magazine
being ejected, and would certainly cause the light and used mag to
dangle from the switch if you had to change mags. There appears to be no
rapid way to switch from one light-equipped magazine to another, since
the switch and wire from the first one would still be attached to the
gun. If the switch was *not* firmly attached to the gun, I wouldn't
trust it to stay in place to work, especially with sweaty hands. All in
all, this is a system that will work for one magazine-full of rounds;
I wouldn't expect to be able to reload...]

The brochure and price list I have seem a little sloppy in the details;
there are items listed on the brochure that are not on the price list
and vice-versa. So I'm not going to list stock numbers. The "law
Enforcement/Gov't" price list I have cites $35.95 for the flashlight,
bracket, & basepad assembly and $59.96 for the models with the magazines
included. (That's about a buck and a half off the price for the
magazines by themselves.) 

Eagle is at 5195 West 58th Ave. Suite 300, Arvada CO 80002, (303) 426-8100.

Regards, Will
wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil OR wmartin@st-louis-emh2.army.mil