If You Carry a Mini-Maglite....

Then you are as much of a geek as I am, and may appreciate this little trick! There's a cute little holster for the Mini-Maglite that slides onto your belt, so that you always have a flashlight available on short notice. But there's no flap on that cute little holster, so it is very easy to lose your Mini-Maglite if you sit down on a very low couch, lie down to look under machinery, etc.

Another aficionado of the Mini-Maglite at the Gun Rights Policy Conference showed me how he solved the problem. If you look at the picture below, you will notice that there is a rubber O-ring at the bottom of the holster. This one is a 3/4" x 5/8" (the outer and inner diameters, I am guessing) that I found in the O-ring drawer in the garage. (And if you don't have an O-ring drawer in the garage, you aren't geeky enough to carry a Mini-Maglite in a holster!)

It rolls onto the bottom of the holster and holds the Mini-Maglite securely enough that it will not fall out, but you can still pull it out and push it back in without a struggle. At the same time, the O-ring is a tight enough fit on the holster that it stays in place even with the Mini-Maglite not in place.


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