Originally Posted by Stoney

I had to use in self defense while working at a Public Housing Project in Newark, NJ. They wanted to see how a dog could have bitten into the battery compartment!

Pit Bull was sicced on me by a miscreant minority citizen who took offense to the fact we were making the elevators and entry doors actually WORK in his complex.

When the AmStaf charged me I jammed the Mag Light into his mouth with both hands across his jaw/back teeth and jammed his jaw open. I kept pushing him back as my partner smacked him with a shovel. He couldn't get his jaw clear to bite me and after being hit 20 or 30 times with a shovel he finally backed down and booked off...his "owner" wrenched the Mag Light out of his jaws and threw it at me and I found it had 4 holes in the battery area that pierced the D cells.

Sent it to Mag Light and they replaced it.

I still carry the replacement as I was advised by the Housing Auth. cops that it is one of the few legal tools that can be used to keep someone at arms length (out of knife range) with a solar plexus jab when in a close confrontation in a stairway or elevator. Plus you can also use it to beat the **** out of them but I stopped doing that a while back.

I have had a few Mag Lights Go South from battery melt down but found if you make a battry sleeve out of thin acetate or mylar between the inside of the barrel and the battery it can save a melt down.

BTW I also like the Stream Light and Dazer brands but I ain't paying $75 to $100 for a friggin flashlight.