7.92 Dreamin
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- May 29, 2019
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Hey CPF, i'm hoping i can get some of your expert opinion on a setup i'm planning to do. I've spent the past few weeks scouring the web to determine what would work best for me, and this is what i've come up with. Please let me know what you think.
I have a need for a weapons mounted light for my AR carbine. My needs are basically a medium range spotter, that could be pressed out to ~120yd or indoor situations as needed. Very general purpose, basically. My budget is also generally limited ~200, I can't afford multiple lights or heads.
What sounded like it best fit this was the 300 scout light series. However due to mounting position and negligible increased weight, I decided i'd use a 600 series body. For the head I was initially thinking something like Malkoffs E1 Hyper Throw with a shorted battery in place of the second. But having the capacity of a 600 body, I was wondering if it would just be smarter to use one of the E2 heads or even an MDC head-- although it has no specs for usable distance.
Basically I have no experience with lights so comparisons of lumens, amounts of throw and spill, and whats usable indoors or at a distance are beyond me, and i hope you can tell me your experience.
Would getting an E1 head work, but be wasting the potential of having space for another battery?
Would an E2 head be too much for indoors?
Would an MDC head be able to split the line between the two (can run off 1 or 2 123, steps down after 10 etc)?
Also open to suggestions for the momentary switch. Current plan:
Malkoff Head (dunno what)
Arisaka 600 Body
Arisaka Momentary
Please don't hold back if this is all stupid.
-7.92
I have a need for a weapons mounted light for my AR carbine. My needs are basically a medium range spotter, that could be pressed out to ~120yd or indoor situations as needed. Very general purpose, basically. My budget is also generally limited ~200, I can't afford multiple lights or heads.
What sounded like it best fit this was the 300 scout light series. However due to mounting position and negligible increased weight, I decided i'd use a 600 series body. For the head I was initially thinking something like Malkoffs E1 Hyper Throw with a shorted battery in place of the second. But having the capacity of a 600 body, I was wondering if it would just be smarter to use one of the E2 heads or even an MDC head-- although it has no specs for usable distance.
Basically I have no experience with lights so comparisons of lumens, amounts of throw and spill, and whats usable indoors or at a distance are beyond me, and i hope you can tell me your experience.
Would getting an E1 head work, but be wasting the potential of having space for another battery?
Would an E2 head be too much for indoors?
Would an MDC head be able to split the line between the two (can run off 1 or 2 123, steps down after 10 etc)?
Also open to suggestions for the momentary switch. Current plan:
Malkoff Head (dunno what)
Arisaka 600 Body
Arisaka Momentary
Please don't hold back if this is all stupid.
-7.92