Bringing the Surefire Millenium into the 21st Century

If you're like me, you probably have one or two of these lying around. The lights are tough (combat proven) but are about worthless nowadays with the incandescent lamp.

Malkoff makes a drop-in LED that's a decent option. It is about $40 and does a good job of making one of these old lights useful. Battery life is good enough and the lamp puts out something like 350 lumens. Decent but not great by current standards.

So I was curious about fitting a new modern Scout head to one of the old bodies. I talked to Gene Malkoff about this. Turns out he already makes a threaded adapter for the legacy Surefire shotgun forends that allow a Scout head to be used.

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It was a completely simple manner to unscrew the old bulky Surefire head assembly and screw the adapter into the body. Now I can easily use a new Surefire head. Color doesn't match of course but that's not a big deal to me.



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So why bother? Why not just get a new Scout? Well, because I already have the mount, tape switch, etc for the old Millenium. Plus why not?

Alright. Weight measurements.

M951 light with Malkoff LED and batteries. No big clamp rail mount. 0.50 lbs

M951 body with Malkoff thread adapter and KM2 Surefire head with batteries. 0.34 lbs

Surefire M622V Scout assembly with ADM QD mount. 0.42 lbs

Two Surefire C123 batteries. 0.08 lbs.




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This is legitimately badass.

I wonder why nobody has really done this before. There are several places selling LED replacement lamps but nobody I can find is selling a head adapter. Not for the Millenium lights anyway.

I know the old M95X and 96X lights aren't as common as they used to be. It wasn't that long ago that you could pick one up super cheap on Ebay. Still, I assume there are a ton of these old lights still floating around out there. They have either been stuck in a box and forgotten about or they are relegated to use on a spare/loaner gun.

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Same.

The dual-thumbscrew Millenium lights are indestructible. Do you have a link to the Malkoff adapter?

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Originally Posted by Tokarev

I wonder why nobody has really done this before. There are several places selling LED replacement lamps but nobody I can find is selling a head adapter. Not for the Millenium lights anyway.

I know the old M95X and 96X lights aren't as common as they used to be. It wasn't that long ago that you could pick one up super cheap on Ebay. Still, I assume there are a ton of these old lights still floating around out there. They have either been stuck in a box and forgotten about or they are relegated to use on a spare/loaner gun.

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Originally Posted by Outlander Systems

Do you have a link to the Malkoff adapter?

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He doesn't show them on the website. At least not that I could find anywhere. Give Gene a call or an email and he'll get you set up.



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Thank you for posting this. I've been looking to increase the output on a few of these but even the upraded drop-ins are less than desirable. I've literally had a M951 run over by a truck and it's still going. They really are great lights.

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Originally Posted by Rogue556

Thank you for posting this. I've been looking to increase the output on a few of these but even the upraded drop-ins are less than desirable. I've literally had a M951 run over by a truck and it's still going. They really are great lights.

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Part of the reason I want to upgrade even though something like the Streamlight Pro TAC is less expensive.

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That's cool.

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Originally Posted by titsonritz

That's cool.

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I like it.

I'm hoping Malkoff will add the thread adapter to the website. Maybe sell it as a set with his E2 heads.

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