Mounting a Surefire light on a .357 S&W?

I don't think that I have ever seen a flashlight mounted on a revolver. Probably due to the swing out cylinder, cylinder flash from the explosion, etc. Autos are definately easier and many new models already come with the rail built in.
Adam
 
ya could probably find a mount that would bolt to the bbl. with clamps, if that would work ie the ejector rod housing might be in the way, but i have seen mounts for an AK that mount to the bbl, i dont see why it wouldnt work on a revolver w/a longish bbl anyway.

if it has a rail the M3 from insight tech is pretty good, and has a laser also.
 
Duct tape?:D

I've seen revolvers (usually target/sporting ones) that have rails, but I doubt they're any sort of standard (like Glock or HK) that a light like a Surefire would mount to without a 3rd party adapter.
 
I think this would be a lot more trouble than it is worth. By the time you buy a light that can stand the recoil, muzzle blast, blast from the cylinder-barrel gap, and allow you to manipulate the ejector, then figure out how to mount it, you could have spent less than $40 on a SF Nitrolon and gone to the range to work on handling a light and revolver at the same time. Long barreled lights (Streamlight, etc) don't have the cool factor that smaller lights do, but in some ways they are easier to manipulate while reloading, plus you have an impact weapon.

So my vote it to forget about it and practice with the gear you have.
 
I want to put a rail on my 686 one day too. Figure I'll machine the rail out of SS and silver solder it to the full underlug. Should be cool.
 
Hi All-

My opinion is that it is easier and more practical to use the Harries Technique pictured below:

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