Surefire light broken?

Sea Bass · January 27, 2000, 02:14 PM

Hi guys,

Early in the month I went out to the range to shot my M-1 super 90. The surefire light bulb seems to be broken. I only put about 200 rnds. of light trap loads throught it.
Is this common for the bulb to prematurely go out like this? I will contact Surefire about
this soon. I kind of lost faith in the Surefire light system.

John Overbey · January 27, 2000, 08:30 PM

What batteries are you using? I have heard of similar problems stemming from the use of non-surefire replacement batteries i.e. two seperate batteries. Something about them coming apart just enough from the recoil to cause an arc across the two battery contacts with in turn causes a short "surge" across the bulb, causing it to fry itself. How old is the light? They all burn out at some point, but if it's fairly new, and you're using the supplied battery (looks like a 1 piece unit, but actually two piece bound by heat shrink tubing), and you can verify that the bulb is truly dead, give surefire a call and tell them about it. They may send you a free replacement. I've got three of their forearm housing/6v light pkgs, and I have yet to burn one out after a few years and several hundered rounds.
-John

Sea Bass · January 28, 2000, 01:56 AM

John, my Benelli housing was bought new and is less than a year old. I did call Surefire today and spoke to Craig in Customer Service.
He said they tested the bulbs to last up to 500 rnds. He recommended that during practice to take the bulb out to preserve it for actual usage. Surefire will send me a free replacement. I'm glad everything worked out. From now on I'll take the bulb out during practice.

Sea Bass · January 28, 2000, 01:58 AM

John, my Benelli housing was bought new and is less than a year old. I did call Surefire today and spoke to Craig in Customer Service.
He said they tested the bulbs to last up to 500 rnds. He recommended that during practice to take the bulb out to preserve it for actual usage. Surefire will send me a free replacement. I'm glad everything worked out. From now on I'll take the bulb out during practice.

Bennett Richards · January 29, 2000, 01:50 AM

When just practicing take off the whole light body and rplace it with a SureFire A-11 housing plug... saves on bulbs.

Ben

Sea Bass · January 29, 2000, 01:55 PM

Can I just use some tape instead to cover it up or is the plug better??

Sea Bass · January 29, 2000, 10:52 PM

Got it, thanks guys for the responses.

January 27, 2000, 02:14 PM	#1
Sea Bass Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 1999 Location: CA Posts: 176	Hi guys, Early in the month I went out to the range to shot my M-1 super 90. The surefire light bulb seems to be broken. I only put about 200 rnds. of light trap loads throught it. Is this common for the bulb to prematurely go out like this? I will contact Surefire about this soon. I kind of lost faith in the Surefire light system.

January 27, 2000, 08:30 PM	#2
John Overbey Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2000 Posts: 151	What batteries are you using? I have heard of similar problems stemming from the use of non-surefire replacement batteries i.e. two seperate batteries. Something about them coming apart just enough from the recoil to cause an arc across the two battery contacts with in turn causes a short "surge" across the bulb, causing it to fry itself. How old is the light? They all burn out at some point, but if it's fairly new, and you're using the supplied battery (looks like a 1 piece unit, but actually two piece bound by heat shrink tubing), and you can verify that the bulb is truly dead, give surefire a call and tell them about it. They may send you a free replacement. I've got three of their forearm housing/6v light pkgs, and I have yet to burn one out after a few years and several hundered rounds. -John

January 28, 2000, 01:56 AM	#3
Sea Bass Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 1999 Location: CA Posts: 176	John, my Benelli housing was bought new and is less than a year old. I did call Surefire today and spoke to Craig in Customer Service. He said they tested the bulbs to last up to 500 rnds. He recommended that during practice to take the bulb out to preserve it for actual usage. Surefire will send me a free replacement. I'm glad everything worked out. From now on I'll take the bulb out during practice.

January 28, 2000, 01:58 AM	#4
Sea Bass Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 1999 Location: CA Posts: 176	John, my Benelli housing was bought new and is less than a year old. I did call Surefire today and spoke to Craig in Customer Service. He said they tested the bulbs to last up to 500 rnds. He recommended that during practice to take the bulb out to preserve it for actual usage. Surefire will send me a free replacement. I'm glad everything worked out. From now on I'll take the bulb out during practice.

January 29, 2000, 01:50 AM	#5
Bennett Richards Senior Member Join Date: November 14, 1998 Location: Carlsbad, CA USA Posts: 356	When just practicing take off the whole light body and rplace it with a SureFire A-11 housing plug... saves on bulbs. Ben

January 29, 2000, 01:55 PM	#6
Sea Bass Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 1999 Location: CA Posts: 176	Can I just use some tape instead to cover it up or is the plug better??

January 29, 2000, 10:52 PM	#7
Sea Bass Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 1999 Location: CA Posts: 176	Got it, thanks guys for the responses.