Night time plinking (driving my family crazy)

[bennedose]

Here is a little innovation to allow night time plinking in pitch darkness. My torch allows shooting up to 10 meters. I tied together using string, the handles of two "foldback" clips that are available at any stationers

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[essdee1972]

Nice innovation. Don't the clips get loose after a few shots?

Proper clamps meant for attaching torches to barrels are, unfortunately, not shipped to India. I did see (somewhere) similar clamps to attach stuff to bicycles.

[hvj1]

[dr.jayakumar]

no wonder your family finds you crazy !

keep innovating good for all of us
regards
dr.jk

[brihacharan]

> Good Innovation - Has a lot of room for further refinement
> One simple suggestion > Instead of using those ill-fitting clamps etc . Stick one side of a 1"long x 1/4"wide magnet strip with araldite to the aluminium body of torch - the other side will automatically stick to the barrel which is steel
> You can pull it off during day time shooting - How's That????
> Bingo! Neat, Clean & Aesthetic
Happy Night Plinking
Briha

[bennedose]

> Good Innovation - Has a lot of room for further refinement
> One simple suggestion > Instead of using those ill-fitting clamps etc . Stick one side of a 1"long x 1/4"wide magnet strip with araldite to the aluminium body of torch - the other side will automatically stick to the barrel which is steel
> You can pull it off during day time shooting - How's That????
> Bingo! Neat, Clean & Aesthetic
Happy Night Plinking
Briha

Good idea.
In this case I am sure Araldite is a good choice, but I discovered that for sticking telescope mounts to a rifle with no scope facility they recommend an adhesive with metal powder incorporated called "JB weld". Is that available in India?

[bennedose]

Nice innovation. Don't the clips get loose after a few shots?

Proper clamps meant for attaching torches to barrels are, unfortunately, not shipped to India. I did see (somewhere) similar clamps to attach stuff to bicycles.

Actually the clips hold on very tight, but the points where the handles join the clips are loose and move by design. In practice this is not a problem because the torch simply swings and hangs in a new position below the barrel if the barrel is tilted to left or right, but the light beam remains parallel to the barrel. But while shooting the position remains constant. In any case the torch lights up a 1 meter plus diameter area at 10 meters so the exact alignment of the torch is immaterial.

[brihacharan]

> Good Innovation - Has a lot of room for further refinement
> One simple suggestion > Instead of using those ill-fitting clamps etc . Stick one side of a 1"long x 1/4"wide magnet strip with araldite to the aluminium body of torch - the other side will automatically stick to the barrel which is steel
> You can pull it off during day time shooting - How's That????
> Bingo! Neat, Clean & Aesthetic
Happy Night Plinking
Briha

Good idea.
In this case I am sure Araldite is a good choice, but I discovered that for sticking telescope mounts to a rifle with no scope facility they recommend an adhesive with metal powder incorporated called "JB weld".
Is that available in India?

> Yes! Some hardware shops do sell it - I had bought a pack long ago to fix the scope rail on my 0.22 cal Samurai 3G, Even though I had 3 screwto fix the rail, I used this adhesive for extra bonding strength.
> But Araldite is good enough since the weight of the torch is less than 100g to 150gms.
> In case you are planning to use the magnet make sure to remove any oil / grease on the surface of the torch & wipe your AR's barrel clean prior to latching on the magnet side of the torch - ensures better hold.
Briha

[Mark]

Good idea, and thanks for posting it up bennedose!

I suppose one could make all sort of suggestions on improvement, starting with using a piece of camo-colored string LOL, but for a quick mount made out of things that most houses have on hand somewhere I find your clamp design hard to beat!

[pradeep2374]

Here is a little innovation to allow night time plinking in pitch darkness. My torch allows shooting up to 10 meters. I tied together using string, the handles of two "foldback" clips that are available at any stationers

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Nice innovations, keep the ideas coming. Thank you.

[timmy]

Simple
Inexpensive
Effective

Good show, Bennedose! That's having ideas at a good clip and a good way to shed some light on the subject.