Mounting A Light on a Remington 700

[okie john]

Headed down to Texas to shoot pigs in a few months and the rancher tells me that I should mount a light on my rifle. It's a 700 Remington.

What do you guys recommend for the light and for the mount?

Thanks,


Okie John

[GJM]

I have has a small bit of Weaver rail screwed to the fore end of many bolt rifles. For something less permanent, electric tape a Surefire to the fore end, like I did with a .375 in Africa on a leopard hunt.

See the rail on the left hand Marlin.

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[Pnut]

GJM beat me to it, but I guess you could mount a Picatinny rail on the bottom of the stock where the sling stud sits and mount the light to the rail?!?

[GJM]

I ended up with a shot leopard after dark, with this rifle, and taped a 6P to it before following up.

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[okie john]

Thanks.


Okie John

[Lon]

How much $$ do you want to spend?

Get a Magpul Hunter stock and you have all sorts of light mounting options.

https://magpul.com/firearm-accessories/stocks/remington-700/hunter-700-stock-remington-700-short-action.html?mp_global_color=118

[oregon45]

Assuming you're using a decently rigid stock, and further assuming that the stock is not bedded to provide pressure on the barrel at the tip of the barrel channel, you might consider chiseling a recess into the bottom of the barrel channel at the tip sufficient to accommodate a length of Picatinny rail. You can then epoxy the rail into the recess leaving however much you want protruding from the tip of stock. That will give you a mount right at 6 o'clock that doesn't interfere with your sling swivel and is less likely to slam into your hand under recoil. I saw this in a Phil Shoemaker article in Rifle magazine some years back. I believe the title was "A Guide's Rifle" or something along those lines.

[DamonL]

If you add a pictanny rail you can mount a light using a one inch scope ring to mount a Surefire light like a G2x.

Get a single output model like this one.

https://www.amazon.com/SureFire-Tactical-Single-Output-Flashlight-tailcap/dp/B009F7J8RA/ref=sr_1_9?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6pzSzpP39wIVvPbjBx1-sAX1EAAYAiAAEgI5q_D_BwE&hvadid=408504495792&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1027108&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=5375757718467969520&hvtargid=kwd-302179863285&hydadcr=2837_9915686&keywords=surefire%2Bg2x%2Bled&qid=1653361580&sr=8-9&th=1

If this is temporary you can us a mount that attaches to a sling swivel, like this.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1016956741

[Lester Polfus]

If this is temporary you can us a mount that attaches to a sling swivel, like this.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1016956741

I have one of the mounts linked above. In my opinion, it is the perfect middle ground between screwing a rail to your rifle stock and taping a light to your gun. It's worked well enough on the Marlin .22 bolt gun I've used as an after dark varmint defense rifle. I think the mount and the TLR light cost more than I paid for the rifle.

[Pnut]

I’ve added pic rails to a few of my rifle stocks. All were at the 6 o’clock spot because they were for mounting bipods. If I remember right, used an Mlok section of rail with the mating surface ground flat. I then marked and drilled 2 holes for the bolts. I counter sunk the holes on the inside of the stock with a forstner bit so the nuts wouldn’t touch the barrel.

Is your stock wood or synthetic? I figure since the light isn’t a real heavy, high impact component, you might get away with just screwing into you stock!?!?

[medmo]

Good hunting, I hope you decimate while you are here. We need it. Lighting solution doesn't have to be anything elaborate. Like the previous posts mentioned. Don't white light them, unless you want them to scram. Use a red light, to give them a second to think about it while you drill them. I live on a ranch in Caldwell County and I can't keep up with them. Best of luck on your hunt and hope you decimate them hard! BTW - The smaller, the best eats. Big hogs need a mix of domestic hog and fat to make a good sausage. Big hogs are best for sausage, little hogs are like pork.

[Lost River]

Okie John

Are you going to do any longer shots?


The reason I ask is that I may have a solution. I have a piece that I use on lever guns for lights. I bought a couple different variations. Short version is that I have one here that could clamp on to your barrel, and then you could mount the light from there. Not good for barrel harmonics but if you are only shooting fairly short distances, as is typical at night, then it may be something that might work.


https://i.imgur.com/MKK44Ho.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/CfoVU3D.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/EPNhOvt.jpg?1

You can run either a regular pistol light or a hand held light in the weaver ring.

It works pretty slick.

I only have one lousy pic of this attached to one of my lever guns, and it is a slightly different style clamp mount:


https://i.imgur.com/iGFAHuM.jpg?1

[M2CattleCo]

Why not bring your AR like everyone else?