Lights on Retro Rifles: Modernizing Retro Rifles Series
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- Retro Rifles have been the new thing recently, and although they are very cool, there are a number of advantages that modern tools afford us. I'd like to continue talking about retro rifles in this video, but this time, I'd like to focus on Flashlight choices.
Retro rifles are really cool, but also some features are outdated. In the hands of a capable shooter, any rifle can be useful, but are there some ways that we can make these old rifles more practical in a modern context, while still being faithful to the original designs and intentions?
That is the question that this series will seek to answer. We will be looking at 4 things to start: sling, light, optic, and magazines.
Part 1: Slings: • Modernizing Retro Rifl...
Part 2: Optics: • Options for Optics on ...
M16a1 Build: • My Budget-ish M16a1 Build
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Installed the same cheap mount on my A2 yesterday, and also had to cut down the screws. Added a cheap harbor freight light for now. Great videos. Straightforward. No fluff. Perfect. Thanks🇺🇸.
Did the harbor freight light have picatinny?
@@8mmmauserman no pic. Just a cheap flashlight the right diameter to fit in the ring mount. 12 dollars total, but functional.
It is a temp solution until I upgrade to 35 dollar feyachi. Cheap light beats no light.🇺🇸
I built a sweet M4 Gordon carbine clone using the same mount. Very happy with the M4 setup. Took a while to source the appropriate components, and went through several
Configs before settling.
Remember. Nose to charging handle for m16 irons.
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Thanks Big Trev
Cool thing is you can usually buy weaver scope rings everywhere for a relatively cheap price and modify them to attach lights to the barrel especially at gun shows
True!
Thanks for mentioning the A2 rail! The A2 handguards are what’s on my AR and now I could mount stuff with the rail.
Glad I could help! I’ll see what I can do about doing a review someday.
Oh don’t waste your money. Buy more 8mm!
Also, I think there are skinnier handguards than A2, but they look the same. I think they are Car, Kar? Would you know?
Car-15 handguards are thinner. I’m not sure if they come on rifle length, or if they’re just carbine length.
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I understand your hang up with the FSB mounted pic rail, but I HIGHLY reccomend the one from Midwest Ind. Its got a QD slot as well. In combination with a Surefire Scout light it makes it super slim. Also as far as fore ends are concerned I honestlg think the MOE fore end wouldnt be so bad. Its still got that Triangular shape to it so its kind of a Bastard but it works I suppose. Feel like messing with a repro A1 fore end and cutting mlok slots would be interdasting
I’d really like to do an A4 style rifle at some point, and I think I’ll do MOE on that.
if u want a optic, brownells 4x retro scope that allow you to use the irons, it will add 13.3 oz to the rifle weight.
I talk about that in the designated Optic video, but I just don’t think it’s for me. I think I’d either go C-More, or just irons.
@@8mmmauserman oh ok, i think this or red dot set up from black hawk down will work fine for a practical option
One idea that you could possibly use would be the KZ front sight tower I heard that’s pretty good I’m thinking on getting one myself
I didn’t know about that, and well I don’t think it would go on this rifle, it’s quite cool
@@8mmmauserman all good just a suggestion
@Wasteland gentleman I may consider one of those in the future for something else. I’d like to put together an A4 inspired rifle someday.
id say if i do mount a light on my a2 id go one that uses the existing handguard to give a small rail section for a light so i can still ount bayonet but your way works too
Those little rail sections are neat
If I had the M16A1 clone rifle, I would just attach the light via black tape or black gorilla tape. However, since I have the A4 clone, I have the quad rail with the KA vertical grip and a Powertac light with an offset mount. More modern yes, but that's how it was designed. With an A1, I completely understand the need to keep it nostalgic and if they had flashlights back then, how would they have attached them and so on. We know that many military members used paracord to attach slings and such as well as tape and ranger bands. Only thing bad about any kind of gas block or barrel mount, with enough shooting, that mount and light will get really hot and that could be catastrophic if the battery overheats and either leaks or explodes. At least with tape, paracord, ranger bands holding the light on to the handguard, the handguard absorbs and reflects much of the heat so the light isn't. Is it as solid as that barrel clamp? No, but if soldiers back in Vietnam era had flashlights on their M16's, I almost guarantee it would be attached by tape, cordage, or ranger bands.
The issue is, trying to modernize a nostalgic firearm without modernizing it, that just doesn't jive together so to speak. To modernize it, it requires minimal modernization to some extent. Only thing I didn't like about the A1 was the triangular handguards. They flex a lot, they sometimes pinched, and they just aren't as practical by today's standards, but the looks on the M16A1, nostalgia all the way.
If this was my project, I would add a tritium infused front sight pin. Replace the handguards with the Magpul handguards and add my light with an offset mount. Still attach the bayonet and the firearm functions just the same but has modern features while still being technically, an A1 platform. When I built my A2, I just added a sling, nothing else. It's a range gun so to speak but capable of duty use and multipurpose if need be. However, the A4 version offered more versatility in that aspect of modernization and ease of adding accessories as needed.
I built my A4 clone using the FN barrel, A4 handguard (quadrail, UTG Pro instead of KA) KA VG, offset light mount with Powertac 2500 lm light, pressure switch, A2 stock, HM defense bcg, alg trigger, BCM lpk, Magpul K2+ grip, Magpul pro rear buis, Primary Arms 1-6 LPVO aurora ACSS optic. Imo, that's the most modern conversion of the M16, but still an M16 (clone).
Just as accurate, same capabilities as far as ballistics go, benefits of the rifle length gas system, but is it as bomb proof as the original A1/A2? Imo, no. Nothing beats solid irons especially carry handle irons as they are strong and robust, but the fact it's all attached via qd mounts, adding the detachable carry handle takes it up a few notches in terms of being bullet proof, especially in long term use scenarios with little to no resources.
If we ever had any kind of true country wise SHTF event that lasted for years, in the end, firearms with irons will be the new standard again as batteries become unobtainable, optics fail or break, and we move back in terms of technology a few decades or more. Imo, tritium sights are worth the money for the long haul, as well as a good sling. Everything else is great but to some degree, depending on the situation or scenario, don't always last, meaning lights, rds, magnified optics, ect.
Anyways, it's all just my opinion and I find it to be a fun conversation to talk about, everyone has their own preference and they do what they like, no ones way is right or wrong, it's what works for them and fits their taste. Keep up the great work bud, look forward to the fourth installment.
Thanks for the comment Todd, I’m excited for part 4 too.
If the m16 is now your favorite rifle, does that make you 5.56 NATO Man?
NEVER! I’d consider 9mm Makarov Man, or maybe even 7.62mm NATO man, but you’ll never find ME labeling myself 5.56 NATO man
Iron sights are fine for the 99%. The other 1% requires the backing of a large military force.
Can you explain what you mean a bit?
@@8mmmauserman I think my position is pretty straightforward. Unless your an elite door kicker operating in a hostile country then you most likely don’t need the extra weight on your rifle…
they did not wotk in the 70's they will not work now
What did not work?