Home Forums Hunting & Shooting AR and Tactical Rifles Best place to mount a light on an AR?

I like that through bolt mount with rail, wonder if it will work with magpul slimline forend?

What TWR said.

The light will always be available even when bracing the rifle....Resting it on something or bracing it left or right.

There's less shadow on target with a light on top.

And it's ambidextrous, with a proper switch.

6 o'clock casts more shadow on the target and can get blocked by barricades / rests.

I went ahead and got a mount that sits on the A frame with a light (up to 550 Lumens) that can either be turned on by a regular press button, or another cap that has a wire and pressure switch mounted right to the hand guards.

I like the wire option as the standard setup. It allows me to turn on/off the light without taking my hand off the hand guard. Also, the light only stays on so as long as I keep pressure on the switch. If I want the light on all the time, just switch caps.

Very happy with my new setup. Thanks for all the input everyone.

Here are the products I used.

http://www.brownells.com/shooting-a...ries-tactical-light-mount-prod21194.aspx

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MJ0DU5G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That makes sense.

I mostly shoot at noises in the dark but saw a few cool options:






The few lights I have are at 6pm though.