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From: boyd@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: laser sights
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Date: 6 Jun 91 19:27:35 GMT
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In article <35271@mimsy.umd.edu>, jeffl@servprod.inel.gov (Jeff Later) writes:
#In article <35228@mimsy.umd.edu> boardman%cancer.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu writes:
##    I was told our local SWAT personnel do not
##  use lasers at all.  Their entry weapons are all mounted with extremely high-
##  intensity flashlights equipped with pressure switches like a laser.  This
##  allows them to not only identify their targets properly, but also blinds
##  the target momentarily (he shined one of these flashlights in my face in
##  the store in normal daylight, and even with light-adjusted vision, it did
##  blind me momentarily - they _ARE_ bright!!!).  These arguments seem to make
##  a lot of sense, and should be considered by anyone thinking about a Laser
##  sight.
#
#OK, I'm convinced!! - now, where do I get one of these "portable Nite-Sun type"
#lights w/ pressure switch???  

One source is Adventurers Outpost.  If you call 1-800-762-7471, you can 
get a catalog.  They sell lights and mounts (and some neat shotgun grips).
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             Mickey R. Boyd          |  "God is a comedian playing to an 
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