TheFull9 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Got a CQB sesh booked in a couple of weeks, need to finally get around to covering up my surefire scout heads. Can't remember for the life of me, is this the kit that used to get recommended a lot to fit over SF lights? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maglite-AA-Accessory-Pack-Multicolour/dp/B00002ND52 Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Surefire heads are roughly 2mm bigger in diameter than AA Maglites but I guess if it's rubber there will be some flex to accommodate the Surefire. I don't recall them being recommended but they might be OK. I've cut some 3mm polycarbonate discs and friction fitted them to inside the bezel. You could probably get away with 1mm polycarbonate discs that you can cut with scissors. Sandwich one of those in a clone Surefire IR filter flip housing is another approach. Link to post Share on other sites
TheFull9 Posted October 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Someone on here definitely said they worked years ago, I think it was @bladerunner168 maybe. Thanks for the suggestions though I'll look in to those as well. Link to post Share on other sites
ED-SKaR Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Polycarb is the way to go. I salvaged the visor from a 'used' motorbike helmet and fitted that to my torch back in the Eletrowerkz days, that thing got hit *a lot* and never showed any signs of cracks. Just unthread the original glass, cut the polycarb to fit, and thread it back in. Link to post Share on other sites
TheFull9 Posted October 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Good news, I guess my memory served me because the main widget you get in the Maglite AA kit fits pretty damn well on my regular and vampire Surefire scout heads. It's tight, takes a solid push to get on and a fair bit of wiggling and messing around to remove, but you know it's not going anywhere in game. If anyone's reading this and is interested, there's a guy on ebay if you search 'airsoft polycarbonate' who'll do disc of any size for £3, free postage. Setup sorted. There's cheaper ways obviously, but this is still way cheaper and easier than getting someone with a lot of technical experience to fabricate a tool that can remove the (mega tight) lens retainer ring from the front of an sf vampire head. The vamp I had shot out at a weekender years ago took bloody ages to get fixed. Link to post Share on other sites
Skarclaw Posted October 29, 2020 Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 There's also tactical optician: http://www.tacticaloptician.co.uk/ I also had some lens protectors for NV made up by this guy: https://www.senchoo.eu/mil-simple-nvg-lens-protector - alas I'm a doofus so I got the sizes wrong, but they are very nice, as "nice" as a plastic disc can be anyway. Maybe I will come back to him but I may just double up on Ckin's suggestion which i think is this link: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Airsoft-Replacment-Polycarbonate-clear-red-Lens-For-Tactical-red-Torch-/183028177095 Link to post Share on other sites
TheFull9 Posted October 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 That's the one. Hopefully that listing will stay there for a while. Link to post Share on other sites
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