I posted this in GD a while back, but thought it deserved a better home here in the Light Forum
Light- Brinkman sure fire knockoff $20 at Wal-Mart
Mount- Savage 110 weaver rail section $5 at Wal-Mart
Rings- Simmons $5 at Wal-Mart
Wood screws <$1 at Lowes
The Mini serves as my PC house carbine, and a house carbine must have a white light attached to identify targets at o'dark-thirty at night, but I'm not gonna pay $100 for a scout rail for my Mini just to have a place to attach a light!
The weaver rail is attached to the forend using #8 brass wood screws that I believe are 5/8 inch long. I had to cut off the ends just a bit so they did not interfere with the handguard liner.
I installed a small washer inbetween the rail and the stock in the front to align the rail square with the barrel. The handguard tapers in towards the barrel a bit at the front.
When I drilled the holes, I tried real hard to line them up so that the rail would be horizontally level with the barrel, but as you can see, the rail points up a bit. At first, I was a bit upset at myself, but then when I actually attached the light and tried it out, I found that the light was pointed in exactly the right spot. At 50 feet or so, the center of the light is located a bit high and to the left of the barrel, which is exactly where I am looking when the gun is shouldered and I am looking over the top of the sights. It gives me more light in the area I am looking at verses having the light centered on the bore. I obviously can't see below the rifle, so the light that is shone there is wasted. The front sight sits at about the four o'clock position and is about halfway between the center of the spotlight and the edge of the bright inner ring.
Don't tell me to get an AR or that the setup is ghey! (I have several and they are not) It is a cheap but functional and reliable house carbine that I will not cry over much if I have to use it and "donate" it to the police department
closeup of washer