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Just my opinion, but the Pentagon lights are cheaper knock-offs of the SureFires.
The quality appears to be a bit lower and the QC somewhat worse.
I might consider using their gear on an airsoft gun, but I would not use it on a real weapon I planned to use on a two-way range. In fact, they claim to be US manufactured, but some of their components look suspiciously like the Chinese knock-offs.
Again, that is just my opinion based on seeing the SureFire manufacturing process and using a lot of them, versus the brief experience looking over the Pentagon marketing material and closely examining/handling a few of their lights.
As several tac lighting boards mention, you get what you pay for. Machined bar stock costs more than tubing. Cut knurling takes more machine time than rolled on. Gold plated switch contacts cost more than cheap non-plated ones. And all of that adds up in the reliability department. When one product costs three times what the other does, there is probably some difference in the manufacturing process. What is your life or your kids' life worth to you if it fails?
Just my .02, YMMV.
TR
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