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Associate Online Shooting Editor Paul Rackley visited SureFire’s headquarters in Orange County, Calif., to check out their products and manufacturing processes.
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SureFire
For more than 30 years, SureFire has been creating high-tech illumination devices. They just weren’t always called SureFire.
![The Terminator](/media/3xwlk1bg/2043terminator-gun-v2_pg.jpg)
The Terminator
SureFire, then known as Laser Products Corp., produced the gunlaser carried by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the iconic film “Terminator.”
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Quality Materials
Every quality product begins with quality materials. Here is an aluminum stock before being loaded into the CNC (computer numerically controlled) machines.
![LX2 LumaMax](/media/2fvn45n5/2043lx2_45l_pg.jpg)
LX2 LumaMax
Today, SureFire is best known for its high-quality flashlights.
![Machining](/media/nz5lfgvq/2043surefire-005_pg.jpg)
Machining
CNC machines produce the tightest tolerances possible.
![Machined Bracket](/media/3a4fv1t4/2043surefire-007_pg.jpg)
Machined Bracket
When parts drop out of the CNC machine, they resemble the finished product. Here is a bracket for the X400 Weapon light.
![Metal Shavings](/media/yibnsvnj/2043surefire-008_pg.jpg)
Metal Shavings
Waste shaving are sent to the recycler to be turned into other products.
![Ready for Electronics](/media/va0hcdqh/2043surefire-012_pg.jpg)
Ready for Electronics
A machined tube for an X400 LED Weapon Light before heading to the assembly line to receive its electronics.
![X400 LED Weapon Light](/media/is0pabjo/2043x400-1-_pg.jpg)
X400 LED Weapon Light
The X400 LED is a 110-lumen light with a laser aiming device.
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Tight Tolerances
Every SureFire product is CNC machined with the tightest tolerances possible in their Orange County, Calif. plants.
![Integrating Sphere](/media/aonlcwwe/2043surefire-022_pg.jpg)
Integrating Sphere
All SureFire lights are tested using an Integrating Sphere.
![Almost Done](/media/sttn0wkf/2043surefire-020_pg.jpg)
Almost Done
Nearly complete L1 LumaMax flashlight.
![L1 LumaMax Flashlight](/media/mhyp3zbf/2043l1_45l_pg.jpg)
L1 LumaMax Flashlight
This compact 65-lumens flashlight features a virtually indestructible power-regulated LED emitter that provides more illumination than most D-cell flashlights.
![A2 LED Aviator](/media/yo2mlzfn/2043a2led_45l_pg.jpg)
A2 LED Aviator
This compact 120-lumen flashlight weighs only 4.3 ounces and will run for two hours at max output.
![V2 Vampire](/media/lqfexakf/2043vampire_pg.jpg)
V2 Vampire
The V2 Vampire produces both white and infrared light without the need of an IR filter. Weighing 5.6 ounces, the V2 has a max white light output of 100 lumens and 95 lumens in infrared mode.
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Going Out
Finished products ready to ship.
![Saint Minimus LED Headlamp](/media/gz5f1iim/2043minimus2_pg.jpg)
Saint Minimus LED Headlamp
A smaller version of the Saint LED Headlamp, the Saint Minimus runs on a single 123A battery and weighs only 3.3 ounces while producing 100 lumens at max output.