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Default Recessed light shorts out when bulb is installed

Hello all,

I'm doing a simple update of replacing an existing light fixture with a
recessed fixture. The wireing is simple (black to black, white to white
and bare wire to ground on box). It all seems to go well until I install a
bulb to test. Installing the bulb causes a short and and the burned area is
on the top of the can where the ceramic socket is helded on with a screw.
Can this just be a faulty socket? I had 2 different fixtures do the same
thing while a 3rd works fine.

Thanks,
Brad