Javelin

Guns Magazine, July, 2009 by Clint Smith

Much of the firearms industry and the marketing thereof today leans toward the "tactical" application of firearms. You only need to have seen how the law enforcement and tactical side of the Shooting Hunting Outdoor Trade Show has grown over the last five years to see the tidal wave of "tactical" gear manufacturers and new products introduced on a daily basis. Many of us have been stunned by the dunking we've all had to take in the ocean of black "tactical" gear.

In just the arena of lights and illumination tools there has been an absolute quantum leap in technology and the number of good quality products presented to the marketplace.

American Technologies Network is one of these serious manufacturers who introduced a line of illumination systems under the moniker of Javelin. The Javelin flashlight series comes in at least four variations those being J169, J 125, J68 and the JLD-6N with each one having a different size and purpose.

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The J125 model I tested for this piece was set up as a weapons mounted light system capable of being mounted on a 1913 rail and having a wired pressure pad activation system. The light body is constructed using 6061 aluminum very well finished in a flat black coating.

The J125 produces 125 lumens of light while using a halogen lamp powered by two CR123A Lithium batteries. The locking mechanism for the light-to-rail attachment allows the light to be placed, then hand tightened and is then slotted to really tighten the light down--which is the way to do it in my opinion. The Javelin is a piece of hard use gear capable of holding up to the "tactical" world it was designed for.

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