Surefire KX2 bezel, missing o-ring?

[H2Orower]

I am looking for some expert opinions.

Today I received two KX2 bezels from Surefire (both dual output) after sending back my originals because I wasn't happy with the greenish/yellowish tint.

Upon unpacking the bezels, it was immediately apparent to me that one had a small gap in the middle, and the other did not. I checked out some pics on the Surefire website here and here, and it looks as though the gap is normal.

My question is, does the lack of a gap mean that some kind of o-ring seal is missing?, or perhaps, the one was tightened way too much? What do you think?:shrug:

Thanks.

 

[thegeek]

My guess is that they are tightened until the focus is good. So the gap will be different on some of them. The o-ring is pretty far up in the head, and the gap you are seeing will have no real impact on the seal.

 

[BBL]

It _could_ be that they changed the construction slighty, to get rid of that gap - its not so pretty after all.

the 'B' in the serial number is somewhat spaced from the rest, maybe there were really changes behind the scenes.

 

[H2Orower]

Thanks for the responses. It's not that I'm bothered by the small gap or lack of gap, I just found it curious that they were different when they both came from surefire on the same day. I did also notice that one had a space between the letters A and B. Also, the anodization matches much better on the one on the left so that's the one I put back on my E2L. I consider the second one a bonus anyway because when I sent my originals back to SF, one was a single output 45lumen that came with the E2L last fall. Now I have two of the dual 60/3s. One's a backup.