Quick question for my tactical rifle brethren:
I am running an Inforce WMLx weapon light on my LWRC M6A2-S. As a lefty, I am running the light on the right rail with a Haley Strategic Thorntail 45 degree offset, which places the actuation button exactly where I need it. The only dilemma I am having is that the point on the side picatinny rail at which the Inforce attaches is EXACTLY where I would normally attach the front end of my two-point sling! In fact, it is attached just ahead of a built in QD attachment point I could use if the light were somehow repositioned.
Here are a couple of pics:
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Some solutions I have considered:
1. I have thought about running the light with the thorntail 45 degrees off of the top rail, but the flip-up front sight would force me to put the light WAAAY back on the top rail.
2. I have thought about running the sling off of the bottom rail by attaching a thorntail mount on the bottom rail and then attaching a Magpul QD rail mount onto the thorntail, but I wonder if the thorntail is really designed for such a stress as a sling (It claims to be for light attachments) and I am guessing by running the sling off of the bottom rail that the rifle would tend to want to rotate a bit since the attachment point is on the bottom as opposed to the side.
3. I have thought about just getting rid of the Inforce and grabbing a light that could mount on the other side and be actuated with my middle/ pointer finger.
Anyone running the Inforce and come up with a good solution for this problem?
Thanks for any advice/ suggestions/ insights!
Vanguard.45
I am running an Inforce WMLx weapon light on my LWRC M6A2-S. As a lefty, I am running the light on the right rail with a Haley Strategic Thorntail 45 degree offset, which places the actuation button exactly where I need it. The only dilemma I am having is that the point on the side picatinny rail at which the Inforce attaches is EXACTLY where I would normally attach the front end of my two-point sling! In fact, it is attached just ahead of a built in QD attachment point I could use if the light were somehow repositioned.
Here are a couple of pics:
View attachment 52961
View attachment 52962
Some solutions I have considered:
1. I have thought about running the light with the thorntail 45 degrees off of the top rail, but the flip-up front sight would force me to put the light WAAAY back on the top rail.
2. I have thought about running the sling off of the bottom rail by attaching a thorntail mount on the bottom rail and then attaching a Magpul QD rail mount onto the thorntail, but I wonder if the thorntail is really designed for such a stress as a sling (It claims to be for light attachments) and I am guessing by running the sling off of the bottom rail that the rifle would tend to want to rotate a bit since the attachment point is on the bottom as opposed to the side.
3. I have thought about just getting rid of the Inforce and grabbing a light that could mount on the other side and be actuated with my middle/ pointer finger.
Anyone running the Inforce and come up with a good solution for this problem?
Thanks for any advice/ suggestions/ insights!
Vanguard.45
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