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    Lightbulb We need a 4Sevens Quark weaponlight

    I'm sure there are many people on here that know the quality and reputation of 4Sevens and their lights. On candlepowerforums marketplace they have their own sub-forum. Someone has recently asked about a pistol light.

    The owner of 4Sevens is David Chow. He's an excellent guy and takes many ideas from his customers and makes them come to life. There have been many lights that started out as ideas from members of CPF. Now that someone else has introduced the idea of a weapon-light he might take interest. He's already got some things in the works for the military.

    I own several 4Sevens lights and all of them have been top notch performers.

    If anyone else would like to see this happen please stop in and make your opinions known.

    http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/sho...-handgun-light

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    UPDATE:

    For those who might be interested David responded in CPF.

    He said they have had one in the works for some time now and that it will be "unlike anything ever offered on the market". That is all that he will say for now.

    With the way he designs his regular and tactical programmable series it should be a nice light.

    I'm hoping to get at least a couple people from the firearm community to drop by CPF and offer some input and helpful suggestions. David usually looks at the ideas put forth by his customers and uses the good ones in product design. I like the idea of a programmable pistol light that can lock onto either max or strobe mode. No more having to tap the switch twice to activate strobe. No more mode switching when using the light intermittently. Possibly interchangeable heads that use different emitters, a wide flood beam for on handguns and a narrower beam with some throw for long gun use.

    Any one else have any ideas?

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    Hmmm...I'm interested. I have one of their lights and its very well made and best of all........AFFORDABLE!!!
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    The only thing I can say is my personal preference for a weapons light: no modes, no changes, just a momentary on switch. I personally want the minimum number of options possible.

    If it were up to me I would probably want two models: a flood for a pistol and a longer, more "spot" one for a rifle. I have zero interest in strobing or varying light levels.

    But that's just me.
    Full disclosure: I'm the editor of Calibre Magazine, which is Canada's gun magazine. In the past I've done consulting work for different manufacturers and OEM suppliers, but not currently. M4C's disclosure policy doesn't seem to cover me but we do have advertisers, although I don't handle that side of things and in general I do not know who is paying us at any given time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misanthropist View Post
    The only thing I can say is my personal preference for a weapons light: no modes, no changes, just a momentary on switch. I personally want the minimum number of options possible.

    If it were up to me I would probably want two models: a flood for a pistol and a longer, more "spot" one for a rifle. I have zero interest in strobing or varying light levels.

    But that's just me.
    No, its not just you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misanthropist View Post
    The only thing I can say is my personal preference for a weapons light: no modes, no changes, just a momentary on switch. I personally want the minimum number of options possible.
    agreed. i was talking with dennis (member here) the other day and said that the only thing different that he'd like would be a dual-level momentary switch like some of the surefires have. press halfway for low level then all the way for high level. i can see how that might be useful indoors when you don't want too much light when navigating, then the ability to go to full power to illuminate a threat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by militarymoron View Post
    agreed. i was talking with dennis (member here) the other day and said that the only thing different that he'd like would be a dual-level momentary switch like some of the surefires have. press halfway for low level then all the way for high level. i can see how that might be useful indoors when you don't want too much light when navigating, then the ability to go to full power to illuminate a threat.
    Yup. I am a flashlight guy and think strobe is as cool as heck but in my own real world tests most suspects just don't care and it is just one more thing you need to keep track of/train yourself to get used to. It also annoys your partners and the ~10% of bad guys that actually respond/fall over when hit with a strobe (or really any super bright light) isn't a large enough percentage to justify it's use to me, regardless of the immense entertainment value

    Whereas a 2 stage low/high push through light is always useful for low light navigation or inspection with full power just a harder push away. However I believe Surefire has a patent on this...

    IMOHO. YMMV. BNI. TANSTAAFL.

    I really like Quarks and own several. Can't wait to see what they come up with!

    One BIG request: Make it fit in the same holsters for SF X300 lights!

    Dennis.
    Last edited by Dennis; 02-14-11 at 16:43.

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    All I would need is a momentary on/off that works forward is on until I let off the pressure. You know, like the X300...

    Even the rocker switch on the X300 is more than I need. I have a handheld for "constant on" functions.

    With the high quality LED's out now, a single CR123 would be sweet and narrow, and lighter.

    Also don't need a strike bezel, or a laser.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SHIVAN View Post
    With the high quality LED's out now, a single CR123 would be sweet and narrow, and lighter.
    a more affordable mini-scout - that's what i'd like to see.

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    From what I've seen of 4Sevens lights (I own two and bought a dozen for my group at work) I've been very impressed. Now that they've come out with that deep carry pocket clip, an AA Tactical might replace my Novatac as an EDC light.

    I'd like to see a 4Sevens weaponlight, but I agree with the other users that eschew the bells and whistles light geeks seem to love. I'd like a pistol light with better switching of an X300 for the price of a TLR-1.

    I like the idea of different models or heads for floody and focused beams.

    Should a pistol light or something along that form factor be too hard, a more affordable Mini Scout (perhaps even a Mini Scout than runs on an AA battery!) packaged with a Gear Sector Mount would be a welcome addition to the market.
    Principles matter.

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