X-THROWER gets a makeover: MT-G2 talks it out of the closet.

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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MGLITE X-THROWER (From Shining Beam)



This poor little X-Thrower has been languishing in the bottom drawer for a couple years. It's a real nice little light, but it never really reached its potential.

It came with a warm SST-50 (close to 4C) and a NANJG driver 2.8A. It had a very nice beam, but always seemed a little underpowered. I guess the orange peel reflector never helped it live up to it's "X-Thrower name Either.

I wanted to mod it, but could never get it apart. I took it out today and "duh", the pill screws out of the head. This light wants an MT-G2! I say to myself, "so that's what its getting".

The light seems so nicely made, I was surprised to find such a lightweight aluminum pill. Well, it'll have to do.


I was thinking of going 5A, but decided there was no point with such a small light running on 2 x 18350s. I couldn't remember if the driver I chose was 3A or 3.5A, so I just threw it in. The pill was exactly the size of the Noctigon, so centering was not a factor.


There was a nice little brass centering disc that fit into the reflector for the SST-50. When I removed it, the MT-G2 looked right at home,


A few stops and starts trying to get the driver grounded, and charge up a couple of efest IMR 18650 and I now have a really nice light. The Orange peel reflector becomes the MT-G2. I now have a new favorite light.



...and it feels so good in the hand,



Top - X-THROWER (3.5A)

Middle - XINTD

Bottom - Convoy M1 (with MT-G2 & Carlco optic)

I don't see many X-THROWERs around anymore, they must be discontinued, so if you have one collecting dust, brush it off and give it a makeover.

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looks like a great host for the job! Me want!

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Oooooo… that’s real nice :slight_smile:
I’ve been wanting an MT-G2 light for some time now and yours looks like it’s right on the money :bigsmile:

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What a nice mod. There's still life in the old dog yet. Its surprising how much light the MTG-2 still puts out at around 3 amps.

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20mm driver?

Throw a BLF-20DD (w/ zener) in that bad boy and see what it can do (might need you some of those purple nurple efest’s that can push 10.5A) :smiley:

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Don’t you just love it when a mod is nice and simple?

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Actually yes…that makes that flashlight into a powerhouse “daily driver” and I got into modding to make better daily drivers…with the occasional barn burner of course :wink:

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Sweet mod!

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Actually, it's 21mm. It has a small hollow aluminum pill. I just barely stuffed everything inside.

I'd love to do that mod WarHawk, but having a torch that has a run time of a minute and a half can get annoying. As it is my runtime on high is probably about ten minutes.

I considered the 5A driver, but runtime? With the OP reflector, I don't think 5A would make a visual difference in this light, although the batteries would be drained before heat could be a factor.

Today I'm going to remove the pill and coat the threads with Arctic Silver.

It looks like my X-Thrower has a typo. It should read MTGLITE now.