Originally Posted By Drop12:
I have a sure fire scout. I don't remember the exact model, but it is, or at least was, a top tier light from surefire that comes with rechargeable batteries that allow it to put out up to 1500 lumens.

The placement on the rifle , very far forward  nicely eliminates any barrel shadowing.

My only complaint is having so much weight that far out on the end of the gun.

I love how tight it sits to the rail. The bcm kmr is a pretty slinder rail and the light sits close enough I have to remove the rear cap to even remove the light.

Is there a comparable light out there that isn't quite so large and heavy?

The rifle is a completely different animal when the light is not installed. Much easier to snap to targets but the lights weight does tame the rifles minor muzzle flip a bit so there is a bit of a trade off.

The light I'm looking for doesn't need to be 1500 lumens. I'll settle for as low as 800.

I also wonder since surefire is so popular,  does anyone maybe make titanium housings for my current flight. I'd like to shed somewhere between 1/4 to 1/2 pound from my light setup if possible.

Im up for about anything as long as the new light sits tight to the rail and still has good performance.

https://imgdump5.novarata.net/wx9fmy.jpg

Originally Posted By Tomac:
My old Inforce WMLX was only 4 ounces. The new Gen3 is now 1,100 lumens & 25k Candela but I can't find info on the weight (available in black as well but couldn't find that color on Amazon):
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CM44VKJH

Originally Posted By Headbarcode:
I have that same Scout dual fuel full size model, which puts out 1500 lumens and 16,000 candela. It's listed weight is only 5.15 ounces, or a little under a third of a pound. There's simply nowhere near enough fat to trim to lose a quarter pound, much less a half pound of weight. Titanium would substantially increase the unit price, and would only shave some grams of weight off the finished product vs the current aluminum.

The only way I see to reduce weight would be swapping out the full size (18650/2x 123) body for their micro (18350/1x 123) body. Going by the current and slightly heavier turbo models, the micro is listed at about .4 ounce less than the full size. In my opinion, the loss of output and runtime wouldn't be worth such a low weight reduction, except for those lacking enough rail space for a full size light.

If it were me, I'd leave well enough alone and save the cash for something more fruitful.

Originally Posted By JohnDough:

Ti is heavier than Al.

Originally Posted By Headbarcode:
I have that same Scout dual fuel full size model, which puts out 1500 lumens and 16,000 candela. It's listed weight is only 5.15 ounces, or a little under a third of a pound. There's simply nowhere near enough fat to trim to lose a quarter pound, much less a half pound of weight. Titanium would substantially increase the unit price, and would only shave some grams of weight off the finished product vs the current aluminum.

The only way I see to reduce weight would be swapping out the full size (18650/2x 123) body for their micro (18350/1x 123) body. Going by the current and slightly heavier turbo models, the micro is listed at about .4 ounce less than the full size. In my opinion, the loss of output and runtime wouldn't be worth such a low weight reduction, except for those lacking enough rail space for a full size light.

If it were me, I'd leave well enough alone and save the cash for something more fruitful.

Originally Posted By Tomac:


Supposedly. I haven't seen the reports of breakage w/the Gen2 or Gen3 like with the Gen1 I used to own.
Btw, someone posted weight of the Gen3 w/batteries is 4.9oz.

Originally Posted By DevL:
1. Titanium will weigh more than aluminum. I thought you wanted lighter?

2. Your tape switch and front sight could be substantially reduced in weight by moving the light to run thumb activated and using the newest MBUS polymer front sight.

3. You appear to be using an 18650 battery from your descriptionn. You can save weight going with an 18350 battery body Modlight and improve your useful overall output for only the cost of a tiny bit of barrel shadow or go with a Malkoff head on a 2x123 Arisaka body, use a 16650 to reduce battery weight, and use a Malkoff button tailcap (lighter than Surefire or Arisaka tailcaps) to have the same barrel shadow with slightly reduced lumen performance. Just realize push button tailcaps will be slighter further to reach than your current tailcap.