User blog:Death By Foam/Longshot Scope tac-light conversion guide

As far as tactical accessories go, the Longshot Scope is pretty useless. But it does look good. And it's large, which means there is a lot potential for modifications, the most popular mod for the scope is a tactical light but that usually means sacrificing a torch in the process, but, I have created a method of converting the scope into a tac-light without destroying a torch in the process.

For this project I used an Energizer LED & Xenon dual torch. It's expensive, but, we don't need to destroy it for this mod. Info about the torch can be found here:

http://data.energizer.com/PDFs/mledx3a_EU.pdf

and you can buy the torch from here:

http://www.energizer.eu/ua/ua/products/lighting/energizer_metal_3_led

http://www.houseofbatteries.co.uk/brand/energizer-battery-wholesaler/energizer-torch-diy-3leds-xenon-3aaa-batteries-pack-of-1/P100

http://a-p-systems.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_TORCHES__242.html

Materials
1x hacksaw

1x Longshot Scope (duh!)

1x philips head screw driver

1x roll of electrical tape

1x saucepan of boiling water (I'll explain later)

1x Dremel or craft knife

1x torch

1x piece of 10mm dowel

2x small screws

Step 1: breaking down the scope
- firstly, you'll need to cut off the the front end of the scope. Cut it off at the very end of the orange piece as straight as you can

- second, you'll need to place the rear end (the end you wold put your eye to) into the boiling water for a few minues. This will soften the plastic and the acetone used to hold the plastic pieces together. BE CAREFUL! When exposing plastic to boiling water there is a risk of the plastic warping. Check the scope every minute, as soon as the orange end piece is loose, remove it and let the parts cool.



- third step, unscrew all the things. There are 6 screws in the scope of two sizes (the 2 smaller ones go into the rear most holes). Then take apart the scope.

Step 2: removing the offal
- inside the molding there are going to be some pegs we'll need to remove, they can be found here:



- remember, these are the pegs I removed to suit the torch I had, if you're using a different torch you may need to remove different pegs.

Step 4: making the torch fit
- I used the upper-fore most scre post as a resting place for a "ridge" on the torch, using that as a guide I used electrical tape to increase the diameter of the torch (front and back). As I wraping the torch in tape I would put the molding to gether checking the fit until it was god and tight.







Step 5: buttons and button holes
- once we have a nice fitting torch, we need to make a button, for this I used 10mm pine dowel. And drilled an 11mm hole in the molding directly above the torch's button (to drill the hole, the molding needs to be reassembled).

- I cut the dowel at a good height for a button and screwed in 2 small screws into each side of the dowel, just below where the inner edge of the molding comes to. This stops the button from falling out.



- now, with the looking glass, sand the inner side to remove the gloss finish and color it with permanant marker (this is optional)



- now reassemble the scope



Step 6: finishing touches
- once the scope is put back together the front of the torch should be poking out the front. There are two "rails" on the inside of the front piece of the scope:



- these two rails will provide friction when we push the end onto the front of the torch and hold it in place:



- put the rear orange piece back on and you're done :)





You now have a tac light with out destroying the aesthetics of the scope or destroying the torch.

ENJOY :)