10/22 Light

You could use a shotgun barrel band ans shim the 22 barrel.

http://www.google.com/search?q=flas....,cf.osb&fp=ae82152aa1cf79e4&biw=1152&bih=562

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=...87_a_7c3466_a_7c100005243_d_100003560_d_10047


this, a 1" scope ring, and a surefire 6P is probably your best bet.

Can't help you with the light. But, if you can only have one gun, a 10/22 is a pretty darned good choice. You can do about anything. While probably nobody's first choice for HD, .22lr out of a rifle barrel is the real deal.

I tried something like that on a Savage 24j. I put a big old rubber coated flashlight on there with about 10 zip-ties for dealing with marauding raccoons at night. I broke open the action and lined up the light by sighting down the barrel. The 24j was a very sweet handling farm gun. With that D-cell flashlight on there it was like handling a snowshovel. It became very sluggish coming up to the shoulder etc. Use the very lightest weight light you can lest the handiness of the 10/22 be diminished. Mind you, this thing of mine was temporary and seriously bubba but just saying...

IMHO, for certain applications, a weapon mounted light is a Godsend. You can get a very good light mounted to your rifle without spending a whole lot of money. I have recently discovered the Maglite XL50. It is an LED light that runs on 3 AAA's. It is unbelievably bright with a nicely focused beam and very affordable at $30. It is brighter with better range than both my 3-cell 123 lights, a Surefire G3 and a TacStar T9. While a vertical foregrip is best for manipulating a weaponlight, which allows you to manipulate the light without shifting your grip position, the above-linked Superior Concepts forend band coupled with a 1" ring or an offset mount like this V-TAC would work very well. Especially since it does not have a momentary tailswitch. It has high, low and a strobe mode.

Here's the little 4.5" XL50 mounted on my "tactical" 10/22. This was a test fit before it went on Dad's rifle, which has a flat dark earth stock.




My newly-acquired Surefire M4 that usually resides on the rifle. The ultimate weaponlight!

PS, for nighttime duty, I would strongly suggest you try a red dot. Even the el cheapo $30 BSA is not bad. I've had mine for several years and it has held up fine. The Vortex Strikefire on the rifle above is a very good one but runs about $150 and the included magnifier is a joke. The Primary Arms Aimpoint CompC3 replica is also very good and more affordable at $69. Although the mount can use upgrading.

https://www.primaryarms.com/Primary_Arms_s/586.htm

Pictured on the tan rifle here, the mounts have since been upgrade to a Burris Xtreme ring on a Midwest picatinny base:

i'd just tape it on the gun. cable ties would work too.

There are figure 8 shaped clamps the fit on the barrel of your rifle and hold a flashlight like a Mini mag light. I used a Mini-mag with an LED insert to on my 10/22s for a number of years to shoot raccoons who were chewing on my siding at night.

Or you could mount a scope rail on the bottom or side of your stock and use a scope ring to hold a flashlight.

Tipro said:

This is just a practicality standpoint.

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I'm not sure you know what "practical" means from your OP.

Anyways, I know you don't want to hear this but I'm going to say it anyways. Save whatever money you were going to spend on a flashlight and buy the cheapest centerfire rifle or shotgun you can find. I say this because I assume the reason you haven't just bought something suitable for HD yet is cost. A beat up old SxS, an $80 Mosin, any hunting rifle -- they're all a better bet than a .22LR.

That's not to say a .22LR is useless, just it's at the bottom of the HD barrel.

in the dark, i'd rather have a 10-22 and a light than an AR and no light.

in the dark, i'd rather have a 10-22 and a light than an AR and no light.

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Me too!!!

Light or no light, I'd still rather have a shotgun. By the time you mod your 22lr I'm sure you will end up spending more. Just my $.02 .