#surefire 660

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dudes will spend hundreds on mlok and dual pressure pads to achieve what I'm doing here for a fraction of the price

in all seriousness, vtac light mounts are incredibly convenient and more people should use them

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Giving the VTAC Light Mount a chance I actually really kinda fuck with it, as old and janky as it is Puts a Surefire 660 at the perfect spot to let me rotate my thumb up and hit the momentary button

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Colt LE6920 that's slowly becoming a Mk.18 the more I put on it

Up next, SOPMOD Stock, probably

If the NFA wasn't a thing, you bet your ass this build would already have a 10.3" barrel and a suppressor

Meanwhile, does anyone have a plug on Wilcox Comp M2 Mounts or are we all secretly using airsoft replicas lmao

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An AWS Inc. P/N 50529 'Assault Holster' (RH, Black) and an early 'smooth body' Surefire 660 that belonged to and was used by former Delta Force Operator Jim Smith during his time in the unit.

He tells these were part of the kit he had during Operation Gothic Serpent - I've been after an oldschool AWS Nylon Holster for quite some time, and I could not have been given a better opportunity than being offered one by the man who used it!

The buckles on the holster are all Fastex and undated, so it's quite possible this example dates from the late 1980's.

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Surefire 660 Light Bodies

There's also a 'Gen.3' but we don't talk about that one

Also, I was too lazy to take off the IR filters on the first two, but there's really nothing to see

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Someone sent in a Shekkin Gangster Grip replica to be rewired and I thought I'd take the opportunity to highlight the differences between Shekkin's repros and my own.

The Shekkin g-grips aren't bad, but I'd recommend just buying the standalone ring and adding your own grip and buttons - you'll get a much more accurate result that way.

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Delta Force 'Gangster Grip' (Vertical foregrip + weapon light)

My replica (left/above) vs a rare original example

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Unpopular opinion - functionally, I somewhat prefer the non-pushbutton gangster grip.

The button modded grips look rad as hell, but they're a lot more fragile and more permanent as to what they're wired up for.

Buttonless grip lets me use whatever laser/illuminator tape switches I want and replaced as easily as undoing some velcro and 100mph tape.

Plus if you have one of the momentary pushbutton tailcaps like I have here, you have the option for constant light by just twisting the tailcap with your thumb. A little more clumsy, but a lot more failproof and no need to hold down a button for constant light.

Plus Delta used just as many, if not more set up this way as they did with the pushbutton ones anyhow.

Also the next person to moan about how terrible and awkward gangster grips are gets beaten with a rubber mackerel