2002 Illumination Tools $4.00 U.S. $5.00 Canada $6.00 Foreign Photography by Ichiro Nagata the power of light Contents President’s Message The Story Of SureFire SureFire Basics Lamp Assemblies Filters and Batteries Digital Technology LED Lights Arc Lights Executive Series Personal Lights Advanced Rechargeables CombatLights Special Operations Lights Handgun WeaponLights M WeaponLight Shotgun WeaponLights M Vertical Grip Millennium Universal System Laser Sights SureFire Institute Specifications Warranty Statement Entire contents copyright © SureFire LLC the power of SureFire or the first time in the history of SureFire, America is engaged in a declared war. As strongly as we support our war against ter- rorism, we nonetheless are concerned for the safety of our valiant warriors, our friends in Fthe Special Forces who are clearing the caves of Afghanistan, routing out the Al Qaeda vermin. But at the same time, we find some gratification in knowing that SureFire flashlights and WeaponLights™ are ven- turing into the dark lairs of the Tora Bora cave com- plex with our men. It feels good to know we’ve helped create a tool that may well be saving American lives in a war zone. SureFire owes its roots to providing tactical illumi- nation tools to military and police customers who came to us and asked us to create a totally new form of “weapon,” a light so powerful it could be used as a SureFire holds numerous patents relating to the combative instrument. From our first 6P Classic flash- construction design performance and function of powerful lighting tools especially weaponmounted light to our latest Millennium Vertical Grip lights The same intensity and passion that went WeaponLight, we have thrown caution to the wind into the design of our WeaponLights for police and military customers is incorporated in every light we and embarked on a business model based on provid- make ing those who go in harm’s way with the very best lighting tools. And we must be doing something right. When Newsweek featured a Special Forces operator on its cover (Oct. 29, 2001), the soldier was carrying an M4 rifle with a SureFire tactical light in a Weaver mount. The SureFire M No greater reward could we ever ask than the knowl- CombatLight fea tures a rugged edge that our products are trusted by the men who shockisolated lamp wear a Ranger tab and a Green Beret. assembly and an eyeball blistering To our friends in law enforcement and the armed lumens of white forces, you have my pledge that SureFire will continue light to develop new and better lighting tools to help you prevail when you are called upon to defend home and hearth. You have our respect, our admiration and most of all our gratitude. Godspeed, John W. Matthews Founder and President Unsatisfied with simply building the best tactical illumination tools Dr John Matthews created the SureFire Institute to develop tactical doctrine on the use of bright light in combative environments The instructors (below) are today considered the cut tingedge originators of the most dynamic training for police and military personnel Laser Products customized Ruger Mini rifles into laser sighted tactical rifles in the late ’s An early laser sight for the Colt Trooper proved too cumbersome for practical use A laser sight for an MP ureFire is a story of what can be security during the Games. No problem, said accomplished with light. The tale John. begins in 1969 when an engineer In the years that followed, the technically the SureFire story the SureFire with a freshly minted Ph. D. from superb, but expensive, laser-sighted firearms story the SureFire Cal Tech decided the future lay in paved the way for future developments. While Slasers. Dr. John Matthews founded the Newport none were commercially successful, the willing- Corporation to harness the power of the laser for ness of Laser Products to accommodate law industrial applications. enforcement’s needs led to the development of a Over the next decade, the Newport novel idea at the time, a weapon-mounted flash- Corporation grew to become a leader in the laser light. field, pioneering a host of industrial uses for the The SureFire WeaponLight™ was born, and laser. Patents were issued, contracts were won, low-light law enforcement and military opera- business boomed. tions would never be the same. Basking in the glow of success, John’s inven- Laser Products went on to establish itself as tive mind turned toward his hobby and passion, the leading manufacturer of rugged, powerful shooting. He wondered if a laser could be adapt- and compact illumination tools for tactical appli- ed to serve as a sight on a firearm. In 1979, the cations— from weapon-mounted lights and intrepid scientist’s musings became reality as he laser sights, shield lights and baton lights to designed and patented a laser sight. hand-held lights powerful and bright enough to The original laser sight was large and cum- qualify as “force-option” tools that could tem- bersome by today’s standards, and prohibitively porarily blind, unbalance, and disorient a threat. expensive to manufacture. The board of direc- Eventually the SureFire name became so syn- tors of the Newport Corporation— now a public onymous with excellence in hand-held illumina- company with shareholders— looked at the bot- tion tools that the company name, Laser tom-line of the fledgling laser sight business and Products, was changed to SureFire LLC. decided that the interests of the shareholders Today SureFire employs nearly 200 techni- would be best served by investing in something cians, engineers, assemblers, machinists, clerks, more profitable. They resolved to dump laser salesmen and administrators. The company sights. manufacturers all of its key. It boasts a state-of- John and several other of the key technical the-art Machining Center where the aerospace- people at Newport Corporation who shared grade aluminum bodies, bezels and tail-caps are John’s vision bought the business from the machined on 11-axis CNC Index lathes from board. John resigned as president from the Germany, the finest such machines. Newport Corporation and set about perfecting Since its inception, SureFire has continued to his dream with his new business, Laser design and manufacture lights of ever increasing Products. brightness and quality while setting new stan- Ahandgun sight for a Colt Trooper was the dards for maximum power with minimal size. company’s first product. A laser sight for a Ruger Mini-14 soon followed. Then, in 1984, the phone rang with a call from a local police agency that would literally alter history for Dr. John Matthews and Laser Products. It was the Los Angeles Police Department’s SWAT Team on the line. The 1984 Olympic Games were to be held in The City Of Angels and the police wondered if it would be possible to borrow a number of laser-sighted shotguns to use for WWWSUREFIRECOM Cool science at work: Paul Kim SureFire’s director of new product development displays two prototypes of our new Arc Light called— try to guess why— The Beast of literally years of research and The Cool Science of SureFire refinement. Our incandescent lamp assem- cience is cool at machines and skilled handwork blies feature a tungsten filament in SureFire, a place where by experienced technicians. Only a high-pressure Xenon gas atmos- people wearing pocket the finest materials are used. Most phere set in a precisely focused, Sprotectors are wel- of our lights are made from aero- machined aluminum reflector. The come. Three doctors— none space-grade aluminum, hard incredible light produced by our medical— work at SureFire, one anodized to Mil-Spec standards. custom designed lamps is focused of whom moonlights on the Some models feature a non-con- in a reflector designed to produce government’s particle accelera- ductive, corrosion-proof polymer the telltale SureFire beam. tor program. Eggheads thrive in body, made of a special material The coating on the reflector is the “engineering driven” atmos- called Nitrolon that was devel- the result of a painstaking propri- phere of our company where oped specially for SureFire. etary process that helps create the producing the very best illumi- The key feature of a SureFire smooth, even beam signature for nation tools outweighs anything illumination tool is its incredible which SureFire is famous. so mundane as sales or market- brightness. No other brand of The window, or lens, in virtual- ing considerations. flashlight approaches the power of ly all SureFire models is made Consequently, SureFire lights a SureFire. The beam of a SureFire from optically coated tempered are manufactured to stringent features a brilliant white center, Pyrex. Two of our Nitrolon mod- standards, utilizing a combina- radiating out smoothly to a sub- els, designed for optimum per- tion of state-of-the-art CNC dued peripheral beam. The beam formance at the most efficient shape and consistency is the result price, feature Lexan windows. The Patented Lock-Out Momentary Tail-Cap actical usage of the combat light in a Movement is essential in a fluid, dynamic low-light environment requires one environment. Coupled with the disorienting attribute above all others: a momentary effect of a SureFire light, an operator who can Ton-off switch in a fumble-proof position. flank a assailant can overpower him. Outflank That’s why all of our lights, from the the enemy— an elementary tactic, from “mighty mite” E1e Hannibal to Patton. SureFire basics SureFire Executive to the Like fighter basics SureFire robust M6 pilots attacking out Magnum, have the of the sun, coming same tail-cap at your adversary switch. The tail-cap from behind a wall is the best place for of light is a huge a switch— it’s easy tactical advantage.