LED mods for the Surefire M3?

I've always wanted a Surefire M3. But I like LEDs better now. I'm wondering if there are any good LED mods availabe for the M3. I would like to use the stock reflector. I've seen that one milkyspit did with the 3 reflectors/emitters in there but that isn't what I'm looking for. I've seen a picture here where someone put an emitter on top of what looked like the stock M3 LA. I'm wondering if those K2s' are ready for something like that. I would LOVE to have a LuxIII that put out the same 125 lumens that the stock bulb puts out, but thats' pushing it. As far as the L6 goes, I think that head is just a little too big.

It would be easier to mod an M3T for the LED-on-a-post type module.

The stock M3 reflector's base opening is smaller than the Luxeon or K2 footprint, so you would have to increase the bore size. If you have a standard M3, a KL6 is an easier solution.

With the 3reflectors and U-bins you can get about 300 Lumens

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Tom

Long John said:

With the 3reflectors and U-bins you can get about 300 Lumens

Best regards

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Tom

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can you expand on this?

Boltgun

Long John said:

With the 3reflectors and U-bins you can get about 300 Lumens

Best regards

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Tom

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True but whats the runtime? What does the beam look like?

KDOG3 said:

True but whats the runtime? What does the beam look like?

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With my little sweety I get 50 minutes on high and a few hours on low. The beam is perfect for my uses, unbelievable.
Review and pictures with beamshoots here:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/125767

Ask Milkyspit about this, because he can put in LiIons with more capacity than my L4 host will take in.

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Tom

Boltgun said:

can you expand on this?

Boltgun

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What's your question?

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Tom

Another example what's possible, with 3xU-bins:

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/threads/120198


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Tom

See http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=126093 and ask if he'll do an M3?

That M180 looks good. Is that KL2 head the same size as the stock head? Maybe I'll shoot him a pm....

While you're there ask him to do an m512 with giant lithium cells in an M6! o_0