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petey1 · 12-03-2007, 07:45 PM

Just wondering what you guys use on your AR's? Which makes and models do you like? Pics would be great. I'm thinking of adding a light to my RRA. I think I'm limited to a front sight base mount with the standard hand guards, so I've been looking at a few of those. Opinions and comments for mounts and lights.....fire away

mudfoot · 12-03-2007, 07:52 PM

Pentagon light, VLTOR mount is about the best you can get from a reliability and functionality standpoint.

.40-.45 · 12-03-2007, 07:58 PM

RRA

Surefire fore rail

Surefire g2 black

Sorry cant remember name of light mount

devilslayer · 12-03-2007, 08:14 PM

i have to add a light to mine. i heard the chickens and guines raising a ruckus a few weeks ago and spotted a coon comeing out the window of a tool shed...my first time needing to shoot at night so here i was trying to aim my midlenth and hold my spotlight at the same time....he wont get lucky again.

**loonybin** · 12-03-2007, 08:40 PM

RRA upper

YHM quad rail

Viking Tactical offset mount

Surefire G2 with a Cree LED module -- twice as bright and longer runtime than the P60 bulb that comes with the G2.

.40-.45 · 12-03-2007, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .40-.45

RRA

Surefire fore rail

Surefire g2 black

Sorry cant remember name of light mount

that's it!

Viking Tactical offset mount

petey1 · 12-03-2007, 08:51 PM

I just found this onehttp://www.pentagonlight.com/item_detail.cfm__id.414.....any thoughts? I like the looks of the setup, and Pentagon has a good rep. I'm going to look around a bit more before making my decision, but this one is nice. Thanks for the responses everyone

keep 'em coming!

cougar_guy04 · 12-03-2007, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by petey1

I think I'm limited to a front sight base mount with the standard hand guards, so I've been looking at a few of those. Opinions and comments for mounts and lights.....fire away

Don't limit yourself because of standard hand guards. I was in the same boat and found some bolt on rails aluminum for Midwest Industries (I think Promag my make some polymer ones too) that bolt on to the handguards.

Here's mine (Surefire M951 and I ordered a MI Bolt-on rail):

bdw293 · 12-03-2007, 09:17 PM

A run a surefire 961 9v love the high out put its a little long, but worth it. Here's mine on my Vltor CASV-EL rail system

EricCartmann · 12-03-2007, 09:50 PM

I got a lot of lights....

To me the most overated light ever are Surefires, trust me when I say they are not all that. I even have a $300 SureFire M600A and it is not all that. $40 Innova's are just as good.

If you want a great flashlight get the Fenix with Cree technology. To me this is the most amazing flashlight ever. In the low setting it can last 65 hours! And in the highest 215 lumans setting it goes 100 minutes. Best part about the Fenix? Is it goes for only $60. Same price as a incandescent SureFire 6p.. but 100 times the performance!

12-03-2007, 07:45 PM	#1
petey1 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 672	Flashlights for your AR??? Just wondering what you guys use on your AR's? Which makes and models do you like? Pics would be great. I'm thinking of adding a light to my RRA. I think I'm limited to a front sight base mount with the standard hand guards, so I've been looking at a few of those. Opinions and comments for mounts and lights.....fire away __________________ "No free man shall EVER be barred the use of arms." -Thomas Jefferson springerprecision.com bcsportsmen.org gunfacts.info

12-03-2007, 07:52 PM	#2
mudfoot XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 314	Pentagon light, VLTOR mount is about the best you can get from a reliability and functionality standpoint. __________________ If you are citizen who is legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that the bad man will not come today. No one can be "on" 24/7, for a lifetime. Everyone needs down time. But if you are authorized to carry a weapon, and you walk outside without it, just take a deep breath, and say this to yourself..."Baa."

12-03-2007, 08:40 PM	#5
loonybin XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: central Kansas Posts: 1,511	RRA upper YHM quad rail Viking Tactical offset mount Surefire G2 with a Cree LED module -- twice as bright and longer runtime than the P60 bulb that comes with the G2. __________________ Tempus fugit. Frater, memento mori. Happy is what you make it -- always has been, always will be.

12-03-2007, 08:51 PM	#7
petey1 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 672	I just found this onehttp://www.pentagonlight.com/item_detail.cfm__id.414.....any thoughts? I like the looks of the setup, and Pentagon has a good rep. I'm going to look around a bit more before making my decision, but this one is nice. Thanks for the responses everyone keep 'em coming! __________________ "No free man shall EVER be barred the use of arms." -Thomas Jefferson springerprecision.com bcsportsmen.org gunfacts.info Last edited by petey1 : 12-03-2007 at 09:37 PM. Reason: I'm an idiot and forgot to add the link!

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12-03-2007, 07:58 PM	#3
.40-.45 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 683	RRA Surefire fore rail Surefire g2 black Sorry cant remember name of light mount

12-03-2007, 08:14 PM	#4
devilslayer XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NC Posts: 2,069	i have to add a light to mine. i heard the chickens and guines raising a ruckus a few weeks ago and spotted a coon comeing out the window of a tool shed...my first time needing to shoot at night so here i was trying to aim my midlenth and hold my spotlight at the same time....he wont get lucky again.

12-03-2007, 09:17 PM	#9
bdw293 XDTalk Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 68	A run a surefire 961 9v love the high out put its a little long, but worth it. Here's mine on my Vltor CASV-EL rail system

12-03-2007, 09:50 PM	#10
EricCartmann XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: My Mom's Basement Posts: 1,398	I got a lot of lights.... To me the most overated light ever are Surefires, trust me when I say they are not all that. I even have a $300 SureFire M600A and it is not all that. $40 Innova's are just as good. If you want a great flashlight get the Fenix with Cree technology. To me this is the most amazing flashlight ever. In the low setting it can last 65 hours! And in the highest 215 lumans setting it goes 100 minutes. Best part about the Fenix? Is it goes for only $60. Same price as a incandescent SureFire 6p.. but 100 times the performance!