The .22lr "Girlfriend Carbine"

[kBob]

Actually I have used a light mounted .223 carbine and a 12 gauge in classes at night and I have used hand held lights with both. Admittedly the Pump Shotgun is a bear to use with a hand held light.

The AR was easy greasy.

I have also used handheld lights with handguns from the old FBI flashlight stance decades ago to the syringe and everything in between since.

I really do think that for a lone person attempting to evacuate an area that a weapons mounted light that might be used just to see what is there is a bad idea. More than one champion of flashlights has been poped with simunitions inside his reaction time on force on force training.

I did not notice the OP meantioning that his girlfriend was going to be doing much ambushing with a squad of others......

-kBob

 

[sawcut]

A while back I set up a 10/22 with a light and red dot. The set up below was pretty simple, low cost, and worked for me.



Add a small section of picatinny rail for a light. I used an aluminum rail by PRI. The forend gets narrower towards the muzzle, so I put a few washers under the wood screws I used to hold the rail to the stock. It is very solid.



A sure-fire style light is on the rail. This is easily activated with the thumb switch. In this mounting location, I prefer the light in-line with the rail, as opposed to an offset light mount or extra switch. The hardest part of putting the light was getting a mount that fit the flashlight, which is slightly wider than a 1” scope ring. I used a mount from GG&G. It works fine like this. If you could not find the right mount, I would get an inexpensive aluminum scope ring and open up the inside 1/16” with some sand paper or a file, and it will then fit the surefire.



For sights, a compact Vortex sparc. The trade off for being small is a rather narrow field of view, and it takes an instant more time to acquire the red dot. As you can see, I mounted the sight with one of the spacers so it is fairly high. But when I quickly shoulder the rifle, the dot is right in my field of vision without having to lower or move my head, so functionally it works.



I would highly recommend checking online reviews, and putting on a decent red dot sight (maybe not Aimpoint if you didn’t have the funds for that, but there are solid scopes out there for $100 to $150). The red dot will be far quicker up close - a typical 4x scope for 22s would be nearly impossible to use quickly at close range or low light.

You can put together a set up like this easily for not a lot of money, without having to get into tactical stocks. Other items to add down the road would include an extended mag release, and a simple sling.

 

[45_auto]

But when I quickly shoulder the rifle, the dot is right in my field of vision without having to lower or move my head

I would hate to mess with you if that lines up naturally for you. Based on how high that scope is and the drop on a Ruger stock, if the rest of your body is as big as your head, you must be fearsome!!

 

[CraigC]

Might should've gotten the low mount, especially for a 10/22, which has a really low comb anyway.

 

[Skylerbone]

The SPARC comes with mounts for low, 1/3 co-witness and absolute co-witness on an AR. Guess what I bought last night...

For reference, my oddball set-up with the StrikeFire:

And now:

The spacers:

Again, mounted on the Beretta until the 10/22 is back from the smith.