Hand Held Flash Light - Need Help

[Ruthless]

I am looking to put a hand held flash light on my 870.
I am budget minded so I am looking for bang for the buck options.

Thanks!

[Kentactic]

My opinion is just save up for a Forend with the light integrated. Ive run handheld lights on my 870... it sucks. You cant just turn a weapon light on and run around with it on...that makes you an easy target. You need to be able to turn it on and off reliably. Ill be getting the surefire forend more then likely in a month or so.

[Synchronizor]

Fore-end lights are nice, but they're tough on the wallet. The most expensive part of a shotgun light system is usually the light, so a flashlight clamp is nice becaues it lets you use whatever flashlight you can afford at the moment; be it a little $5 mini-light from the gas station, or a $100+ high-end tactical light with 10 different modes and a laser.

There are a bunch of different products out there to let you clamp a flashlight to your barrel or mag tube. Some are better than others, so you do get what you pay for. The products that seem to work best are the ones that clamp to both your barrel and your magazine extension, like the MOD-C clamp from S&J Hardware:

With a flashlight that has a button on the butt end, you can work it pretty easily with the thumb of the hand you use on your fore-end.

The Elizetta flashlight clamp is another one I may go with whenever I get around to spending the money on a decent clamp & flashlight. You can also attach a Picatinny rail or sling swivel to the other side, which are nice options. I'll probably try to modify it to work with my bayonet mount (it's my nature) but it's a good product with a lot of favorable reviews.


They start at about $35 for the basic model; which is fairly reasonable considering you can spend $20 on a piece of plastic crap that'll send your flashlight flying on the first shot (I speak from experience on that).

[Vitaly]

Here are several links to help you:

http://www.rem870.com/2012/04/28/review ... r-shotgun/

http://www.rem870.com/2013/01/10/testin ... ton-870-2/

http://www.rem870.com/2012/11/10/stream ... ngton-870/

http://www.rem870.com/2013/01/18/reming ... ht-review/