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November 14th, 2019, 02:29 PM #1
SMALL Weapon Lights for AR15 Pistols / SBRs
With short barrels and short hand guards comes the problem of having limited space to mount a light.
What kind of solutions are there out there for SBRs and pistols?
What have you come up with yourself?
There are TONS of lighting options, but not a lot of COMPACT solutions.
I was considering one of the Mission First Tactical Torch Backup light, but wanted to pick your brains before going that route.
I realize that 20 lumens is NOT much light, but considering the need for compactness is greater than the need for brightness, it's a trade off I may need to accept - and I don't think it's terrible for simply giving some light indoors and not blinding yourself with excessive amounts of light bouncing off walls.
This is what I'm working with...
And this 5.56 pistol - both are 7"-7.5" barrel - both have M-LOK hand guards, although they are drastically different in circumference.
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November 14th, 2019, 02:50 PM #2
Re: SMALL Weapon Lights for AR15 Pistols / SBRs
Jeez 20 lumens is a dim nightlight. The O-light PL2 mini is 600 lumens. They often have sales so you can catch one of those. Might be a good option.
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November 14th, 2019, 02:52 PM #3
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November 14th, 2019, 02:57 PM #4Senior Member
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Re: SMALL Weapon Lights for AR15 Pistols / SBRs
I'm planning on running the Olight that Hodgie posted in the Deals thread, I bought one with the green laser. Its not on sale right now, I bought it at $103 but that was $50 off plus came with a second slim light that I now pocket carry.
https://olightworld.com/tactical/olight-baldr-pro
The BALDR-Pro weighs 4.55 oz and is 3.3 inches long. It is a bit chubby though, not a flat light like your pic. It is shown as a pistol light under barrel on tactical pistols with a pic rail.
They have the PL-2 Valkyrie which is the same chassis but without the laser. It is $99 not on sale.
https://olightworld.com/tactical/olight-pl-2-valkyrie
So an MLOK short rail section at the 3 or 9 o'clock position and it has a QD mount too.
They also show this MIni:
https://olightworld.com/olight-pl-mini-2-valkyrie
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November 14th, 2019, 03:08 PM #5
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November 15th, 2019, 08:23 AM #6
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I got one of those when I bought my G19 ages ago. It's dim and just chews through batteries.
I'm in the process of swapping my rifles over to these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...e?ie=UTF8&th=1
I like them because you can use the USB rechargeable 18650s in them.
I think something like that mounted on the right side of the gun with an offset mount and a tape switch would work fine. It's not small but it'd be out of the way.
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August 3rd, 2020, 10:45 PM #7
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Bumping this thread because I found a short rail section I picked up last winter when Gander was going out of business.
I attached it on a carbine on the right side (like above) and put my M3-LED light on it - it DOES work.
It's not ideal, but I CAN work the rocker switches with a slight twist of my support hand.
This tells me that if I run across a good deal in the future on an OLight or similar style "handgun light", I can consider it for this purpose.I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!
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November 14th, 2019, 03:02 PM #8
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Oh yeah, most of you already know that I'm not spending $100-$300 on a flashlight.
Feel free to submit suggestions for them for the sake of others who are surely in need of a similar, SMALL light, but I'm hoping to keep this around $50-$75.
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November 14th, 2019, 03:03 PM #9Super Member
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Re: SMALL Weapon Lights for AR15 Pistols / SBRs
Those tiny lights are for up close when you don't want to light up the entire room, kind of like the amount of light you get from a keychain light.
I use offset M-LOK mounts with ProTac lights on my SBRs and they are up and out of the way.
I have the same length rail you have on my 300 BO. Having the light high on the rail makes a BIG difference on short rails.
I mount them on the right side and activate them with my thumb because I don't like tape witches and wires.
Swap out picatinny mount with an M-Lok mount, just make sure the M-Lok screws
are not hitting the gas block or the muzzle device. The M-lok mounting screws will push the barrel over on thin handguards when you tighten them.
You may have to grind the screws down.
You can get Streamlight ProTac lights and mounts for FREE,
or very close to it with Cabela's points if you have their card.
I got them on everything because you can't beat the price.
https://www.cabelas.com/product/STRE....uts?slotId=10
They are programable so you can set them up the way you want them
I found a video that shows how they work and where they sit on the rail with the M-Lok mount.
He has M-lok slots on the rail where I don't so he has a surface mount, I need the angled mount but the light sits in the same spot on both rails.
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November 14th, 2019, 10:01 PM #10
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Thanks for the video. I THOUGHT I understood you, but yes, the video clarified positioning.
Funny because I have a small "tac light" with a tail cap switch that I was wondering if I could mount. When fiddling around, it seemed that "up top on the right" would keep it out of my way because my thumb would be blocked if it were on the left.
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