Well Spark and Eap,
It's called a sarcastic response to a tired gun culture cliche' like "a pistol is only for fighting your way back to your rifle which you shouldn't have left behind in the first place." Both cliches sound cute, but neither are truthful.
If you noticed, I did tell the original poster where he could get the gear.
I am far from a cheapskate when it comes to buying quality gear.
I own 4 Surefire handhelds and spent ~$300 for a Surefire rifle weapon light. I spend alot more money on training and gear than most shooters I know.
Yet, from my experience high price does not neccessarily equal high quality. Three out of five of my Surefires have failed to work out the box for more than a few seconds and a few rounds downrage. Several times when the Surefires got knocked around in normal use they have broke. Do you know the joy of spending hundreds of dollars for a weaponlight and then having the brand spanking new light go t!ts up during a hostage scenario at a rifle class? Luckily I knew Surefires were unreliable and brought along my $20 spare lamp assembly.
To put it bluntly, Surefires are not a good value for the money. Their QC has problems, but the customer service is very good. Surefire will replace the defective bulbs for free, but that doesn't help me when the fragile things break when I need them.
I have had the service reps lie to me year after year telling me they have never heard of any problems with premature burnout of their bulbs.
The reasons Surefire can charge their exorbitant prices are due to lack of competition, flashy ads, and their brand name.
My run of the mill Streamlight Scorpions have survived multiple drops on concrete, being wacked against door frames, and everyone of them have worked right out of the box. Oh yeah, replacement bulbs are only $4 compared to $20 for a 6p.
I have mounted regular $40 Scorpions to AK-47s, and a few 7.62 NATO rifles, and have put thousands of rounds threw them w/o a problem.
Surefire really needs to spend more money on making their lights more robust and more reliable than making the lightsaber BS they seem infatuated with.