home made lamping kit

[Guest david1976]

Having seen the cost of them in the shops and having just paid the annual rent for my shoot i dont have the dosh to buy a fancy lamping kit.

 

Has anyone made their own and if so what did you use and how do you rate it?

 

Cheers

[Guest smashygadge]

Having seen the cost of them in the shops and having just paid the annual rent for my shoot i dont have the dosh to buy a fancy lamping kit.

 

Has anyone made their own and if so what did you use and how do you rate it?

 

Cheers

 

 

i made my own when started out and yes did the trick but think it would be rather big

for a gun .think first thing its a little 12v battery then find a 12vspot you like say scrapers then add a switch your away.take a look in the post about homemade stuff bud good luck

[doubletwelve 0]

Having seen the cost of them in the shops and having just paid the annual rent for my shoot i dont have the dosh to buy a fancy lamping kit.

 

Has anyone made their own and if so what did you use and how do you rate it?

 

Cheers

 

I know an old boy who swears by one of those £7 cordless rechargable jobs!

 

You can save a fortune by making up your own battery pack; but regarding lamps I think the old saying 'you get what you pay for' is true.

 

Good luck.

[Guest smashygadge]

Having seen the cost of them in the shops and having just paid the annual rent for my shoot i dont have the dosh to buy a fancy lamping kit.

 

Has anyone made their own and if so what did you use and how do you rate it?

 

Cheers

 

I know an old boy who swears by one of those £7 cordless rechargable jobs!

 

You can save a fortune by making up your own battery pack; but regarding lamps I think the old saying 'you get what you pay for' is true.

 

Good luck.

 

 

2 right their you get what you pay for ive been their somtimes spending more in the long run on bit an bobs

[Ratman2 2]

Shoping list

 

Pair of tiny spot lamps and some red lens repair tape from a car shop. Go halves with a mate.

A yard or so of nice flexible twin core (mine if off a house table lamp and it has a switch in it)

A cheap scope mount.

A Panasonic LC-R123R4PG or similar. Got mine of fleabay, a pair for £14 delivered.

 

Work list

 

Cut the dovetail off the scope mount and drill and tap the large side for a suitable small bolt, mount the car spot lamp and fit the lot to your scope, add two layers of red lense tape to the spot lamp.

Attach the wire and switch to your gun so the switch falls within range of your fore hand. I used small cable ties arround the barrel.

Pop the battery in your pocket and off you go.

My set up cost me less than £25 and I've used it all through last winter with good results.

[SMOGGY 34]

heres mine , its an old motorbike headlight, a switch off an old electric blanket, a 12v motorcycle battery £20 and a ruck sack, total cost about £23 last for about 3hrs or so with a good beam

 

[the_stig 6,614]

heres mine , its an old motorbike headlight, a switch off an old electric blanket, a 12v motorcycle battery £20 and a ruck sack, total cost about £23 last for about 3hrs or so with a good beam

 

feck me same post as i was gonna put used to use this set up in the 70s and 80s

[SportingShooter 0]

I have a Striker 170 now but in the past I have made my own.

I used a scrap headlamp from an old mini, this was heavy to start with but i trimmed off what I didnt need, trying to lose some weight and managed to get it reasonable. A mate welded a 6" long x 1" wide metal strap to the rear of the lamp, which i then mounted in a wooded handle with my handprint for a more comfy fit.

I bought some double core and a switch, then wired the whole thing up with a 75 watt bulb and a 12v motorbike battery, which was taken off a bike that was going for scrap. In all, the battery was free, the lamp was free, the wire, switch and bulb cost about £20, the strap and wood handle came from scrap,

The lamp gave two hours of good light, the only thing which I added was a variable switch later on.

I switched to the Striker 170 as it was so much lighter and the battery packs are comfy in a belt pack. But I shot quite a few rabbits and foxes with that lamp and its always there as a backup, dont know whether I could take the weight now though.

Regards

SS

[jayhunter 0]

Hi i use a 3 D cell Maglite with a 5 watt led bulb and using battery adapters it is powered by 3x 3000 mah AA batteries. In use it far outperforms the logun lamp both in brightness distance and quality of light, spare batteries can easily be carried in your pocket and only take about 3 hours a ste to charge.

I can easily spot rabbits out to 100+ yards and on darker nights i use filters i made from acetate and glass paints.

I have been using it for over a year now and i'm very happy with it.

 

Jay.