Shotgun Mounted Lights?

I have been using a 3 AA mag lite with a thumb pressure switch that velcrows on the forearm of the gun. Light mounts with a few barrel mounts. I can light up eyes out to 60 yards or so.
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YetiHunter

Where did you purchase the velcro attachement and pressure switch?

I have a Benelli SBEII, and this looks perfect.

Thanks in advance!
 
Home-spun...ain't pretty but it lights up farther than the gun will shoot. Easily switches over to a rifle scope too.

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What are some of you gentlemen using as far as lights mounted on your scatterguns?



I was trying to figure out what to do myself and looked at all of the available options. After looking at all the different solutions, including the so-called tactical flashlight mounts, it turned out that $40 at Wally World was the right way to go for what I'm doing. I just bought a weaver rail, a couple of 1" rings, a Coleman LED flashlight (120 lumens!) and a strip of industrial velcro.

You just stick the velcro to the side of your gun, velcro the rail to it, put the flashlight in the rings, and presto - you've got a homebrew "tactical" light mount that will probably perform just as well as the ones they're charging $300 bucks for...

The nice thing is that the Coleman LED flashlights have the button on the back of them, just like the "tactical" flashlights do, so it works out pretty well. I can see about 100yds, which is usually further than you're going to be shooting with a shotgun, so it's not too bad.
 
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KingTito, thats sounds great but don't the velcro come apart when you shoot?



No, not if you use the heavy-duty stuff; it has very strong plastic connectors on each of the strips, so it's not the same as the fiber + plastic loop type of velcro that you might be thinking of. I use it on a .22-250 and on a .12 gauge and haven't had any problems yet.

I especially like using velcro rather than screwing a rail into the stock on my rifles since it doesn't do any damage, apart from a little glue residue if you pull the velcro off of the stock at some point.

Oh yeah - one other thing: depending on the flashlight, it might not be exactly 1" in diameter, so in order to get the scope rings to hold it tightly you may need to line the inside of the scope rings with a little bit moleskin or some other adhesive-backed fabric. The flashlight I used is a Coleman Cree XLamp 2AA and it's just a hair less than 1" in diameter so a little strip of moleskin fixed the problem.
 
KingTito, Got any pics? That sounds like a great idea while I save up for a LightForce 140 package. It will take me a year to save up for the whole system. As a newbie, I will lose valuable experience in that time if I wait.
 
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KingTito, Got any pics? That sounds like a great idea while I save up for a LightForce 140 package. It will take me a year to save up for the whole system. As a newbie, I will lose valuable experience in that time if I wait.



Sure, here's a picture of it:

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I should point out that mounting the light on the side of the gun like that, instead of underneath it, has one disadvantage - you get quite a bit of illumination of the gun barrel when you flip the light on. It hasn't cost me a shot yet, but it might one day since I tend to flip the light on while the rifle is still sitting across my lap.

I suppose that's the one disadvantage of this approach - it's cheap, but you don't get the cool little thumb switch that you get with the more expensive systems.
 
Our SAR rings have been a good solution for shotguns for those who use throw lever systems or weaver/Picatinny rail mounted lights. Hope this helps.

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