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Manodnock batons.

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Anyone use the auto lock?. I picked up a used one due to being tired of putting my friction lock through porches when I close it. Anyone known how to disassemble them? The lock button sometimes get stuck and it won't close. Think it needs a cleaning of the bearings haha.

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Calaveras Slim said:
Sir: Pardon my lack of education but what in the world are you talking about?
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Its an "Attention Getter" used by LEOs.
(an collapsable baton /club/night stick)
to extend it you flip it with your wrist and it extends to a certain length.
to close it strike the tip downward on a hard object (floor/sidewalk)
 
Im just wondering the quality. Its seems a lot looser than my friction lock. kinda wobbly, although it has like 6oz of steel shot in the tip to direct the striking force.

Wish I could figure out how to disassemble it so I can clean it out with break free :D
 
My ASP is easy to take apart. Just take off the cap on the end and it comes apart.
Jim
 
collapsable batons are the solution to a nonexistant problem. Get yourself a good 21" hickory with a knurled handle and thong, or a genuine PR24. collapsable batons collapse.That's what they do. The question is, do they collapse when you want them to collapse.To close, you often take your eye off of the situation, which can be problematic. Ever since OC and Tasers, I dumped my baton until I retired. Kept a 4 D cell mag light in the car, though. Some of you other old timers might remember the big, heavy old Motorola portables. One of the best impact weapons ever devised. You had to use the battery end, though.
 
I taught an impact weapon course and one of the students had a Monadnock Auto Lock baton. It stood up well during the class; no troubles of any kind. I had always carried an ASP since going from a straight baton to a collaspible, but after seeing the Auto Lock, I bought one and carried it until I retired. While they're a bit more expensive and somewhat larger, the ability to close it without beating on something is the reason I selected it, and I had my choice as I was an instructor.
 
Lt JL said:
Kept a 4 D cell mag light in the car, though. Some of you other old timers might remember the big, heavy old Motorola portables. One of the best impact weapons ever devised. You had to use the battery end, though.
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I always preferred (and still do) a 3 cell Mag Light. With a 4 cell I might have really put a hurt on someone. With only so much real estate on my bat belt I opted to leave my stick in the locker and tote the 3 cell. Now with my 21" ASP I have a little extra room.

The old Motorola MX-350 was a brute of a radio, virtually indestructible. They really could take a beating.
 
When I started we carried real wooden night sticks and blackjacks. In time, wood sticks were replaced with the nylon sticks. The first time I used mine, instead of a thud, it bounced off the guys head and flew out of my hand. He never even felt it. I never carried it again, just relied on my jack. Progress, got to love it. :(
 
I never carried a straight stick, and the ASP is a complete waste of space, time, and energy. I trained a lot with the PR24, but never used it for real. Sometime after I graduated, my academy banned all versions of straight stick for several years until they got a lot of whining from moron chiefs because they wanted their cops carrying the ASP. Of course, the reason for wanting the ASP wasn't performance, but appearance. *barf*
 
Sadly were not authorized to use large sticks, wood or any other composite. I had an ASP but got tired of it going through hot pavement when I closed it. Got the Autolock. Works great, opens with a lot less force than the ASP. only had 2 instances where it would not close. But a good whack closed it *nowhere near what you have to do with an asp*. Its certainly heavier. However I just changed to a Safariland 6360 holster which is lighter.......so my belt feels about the same haha
 
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