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Mosbergman
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I'm looking to invest in an as cheep as possible lamp for my gun

 

I am willing to do a fair bit of DIY

but i am stuck for a good idea for a battery, has to be drycell and last a couple hours

 

also rather than trying to find/build a lamp are there any relitivly cheep ones that i can pic up. I dont want to be spending £100 on just a lamp

 

And to make things even better it must be light and compact

Was thinking about 2 moped batteries linked together but it's not an idea solution

 

100 yarder

 

350yarder

 

ARe these anygood? are the ranges accurate, as in can i see Buggs at that distance

 

Thank in advance

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I would recommend the following all day long, been using one for 4 years and wouldn't use anything else

 

http://www.nightsearcher.co.uk/acatalog/Gunlight.html

 

you can get a 12 volt 7amp hour battery from maplins for around £20 and a female cigarette socket for about 50 pence, one battery normally lasts me 4 to 5 hours "on off" use

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You should be able to pick up a burgler alarm battery 12V 7.5Ah all you need is a cigarete lighter addapter and an inline fuse should cost no more than £6 then chuck it in some sort of bag you have lying around even an old game bag will do. for £15 Maintenance free no acid spills you cant go wrong. I think the light force 170 is an excelant lamp but might be out of your budget but I would say it is well worth saving for. An old addage that has often crept up in the shooting world is buy cheap buy twice.

 

Dave

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screwfix sell the dry cell batteries but I'd go out and buy a lightforce lamp. Ok blows the budget but you get a very good lamp otherwise you'll have a growing collection of cheap ones that break or don't work well enough.

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They look similar to the debens, which are excellent for rabbits especially with the dimmer switch.

This is my set up for either a short bunny exped or longer foxing/all night rabbit. The backpack is nice and light when on the shoulder and the other has a 7 ah battery.

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