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for_hire
April 14, 2007, 02:42 AM
I need a flashlight for my AK...I wnat it do fasten to the gun and I DO NOT want to have to but a large picitinny rail on it....can someone point me in the right direction...
BobMcG
April 14, 2007, 10:23 AM
I mounted an Insight Technologies M3X Tactical Illuminator on my WASR via a TAPCO Galil handguard that I installed. Works great, especially with the preasure switch.
http://www.actiongear.com/cgi-bin/tame.exe/agcatalog/level4s.tam?xax=1118&M5COPY%2Ectx=29965&M5%2Ectx=29965&M2%5FDESC%2Ectx=Flashlights%2C%20Headlamps%2C%20Lights&level3%2Ectx=results%2Etam&query%2Ectx=M3X&backto=%2Fagcatalog%2Fresults%2Etam
http://www.tapco.com/catalog.aspx?id=15
pdb
April 15, 2007, 01:18 AM
Weaver #36 base. Fasten it to the handguard with 2 machine screws and nuts. Attach your white light of choice.
Even a caveman could do it!
Plink
April 15, 2007, 10:52 PM
Once you figure out the rail, there's a good, inexpensive choice for the light. Leapers sells several models, but the one with the built in mount and tandem batteries is a great unit. It's tiny and designed for handguns but fits standard Weaver rails. I believe it's 90 lumens. I know it'll light up the high ceiling of a well lit gun show. It's extremely recoil resistant as I've discovered by testing it on a 12 gauge using 12 pellet 00 buck and slugs. They have a pressure switch for it also, but it hasn't hit the market just yet.
Matt Dillon
April 17, 2007, 10:52 AM
PDB:
Do you have a website that sells the Weaver #36 base so that I may look at it and order it? Thanks so much!:confused:
WinchesterAA
April 21, 2007, 05:42 AM
oohh, I'm glad I checked this thread =)
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=328261
I've been wanting to do the same thing.
looks like a winner here too.
http://www.cdnninvestments.com/deflwiinmone.html
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/cdnn_1946_5800702
Matt Dillon
April 21, 2007, 09:50 PM
Thanks so much for the link to Midway; I have one in my shopping cart right now, and I'm looking very closely at the light from CDNN. I was wondering if it would be possible for someone to post a pic or 2 of how to mount this rail on a plain jane Romanian SAR-1. I don't have any EBR forestock, or picatinny rails, or Ultimak sight tube, just the regular old wooden furniture,(except for the folding wire stock). Thanks so much in advance!
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