Such a mount could be made, no problem. Here is the problem I see. This is a small mounting surface and by extending a mount out from it you would be adding quite a bit of leverage should accidentally drop or hit it. The second thing would be that these dovetails are not made to have things inserted and removed on a regular basis. They create a tight fit by the friction created by placeing a slightly oversize dovetail in the slot.I would be afraid of wearing pretty quickly by removing the mount repeatedly to the point it would not fit securely in short order. So my idea is this. Could it be done, absolutely. For a permanent fixture it may work? I do not believe from an engineering standpoint that it would be a good design.
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Bummer.
Any ideas on how to do something like that? Mount a very small flashlight without a rail, in a very unobtrusive way?
Love those lever loops, btw. You and I are going to have to talk about those!
T.
Any ideas on how to do something like that? Mount a very small flashlight without a rail, in a very unobtrusive way?
Love those lever loops, btw. You and I are going to have to talk about those!
T.
I've been working on a solution, however, the installation would be semi permanent, but not look terrible IMHO...
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Here is my solution:
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Works pretty well.
Works pretty well.
Rooikat, can you get us a close-up of that mounting system? I'm curious as to how it works. And is it specific to that particular light? Thanks!
Nice looking gun, by the way.
Nice looking gun, by the way.
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Here you go....
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So far, I have only installed these on Marlins, of all calibers. It mounts on the front sling swivel.
Any light with a rail mont will work. Best part (to me) is it can be removed, with no harm done to the gun finish or wood.
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So far, I have only installed these on Marlins, of all calibers. It mounts on the front sling swivel.
Any light with a rail mont will work. Best part (to me) is it can be removed, with no harm done to the gun finish or wood.
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Here is my current solution to that problem.
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The flashlight is a Maglite SL-50. Nothing fancy -- just a good bright light. I use one of these as a clamp:
It is intended for shotguns so I cut a short piece of garden hose, split is lengthwise and wrapped it around the magazine as a buffer.
The flashlight is a Maglite SL-50. Nothing fancy -- just a good bright light. I use one of these as a clamp:
It is intended for shotguns so I cut a short piece of garden hose, split is lengthwise and wrapped it around the magazine as a buffer.
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