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Smith and Wesson flashlights are not made by Smith and Wesson at all. Flashlight manufacturers and/or importers simply sign a contract with S&W that allows them to use the S&W brand name on the flashlights. Prior to the year 2002 or so, this license was owned by a company called Bell Sports,...

Remember when repairing or replacing the switch assembly in your C or D Cell Maglite flashlight, that there are two different versions of each. Sometime in 2001, Mag Instrument, Inc released a new version of their C and D cell Maglites. The new versions included a couple of upgrades to the switch as...

I have heard a lot of talk about a Maglite 6 C Cell Flashlight. The 6C-Cell Maglite flashlight was manufactured in the 20th century and is no longer in production. The 6 D-Cell Maglite flashlights are still available in Red (S6D036) and Black (S6D016) , as are the 5 D-Cell Maglite flashlights . The ...

The main replacement parts that are affected by the difference noted in this post are the switch assembly and the tail cap. The main difference is that the body of the newer flashlights is slightly smaller in diameter, so the switch assemblies are not interchangeable between the old and new styles.