Light-to-scope mount
A clamp that holds a hunting light on the scope tube or a rail, often with windage and elevation knobs to aim the beam at the crosshair. Each light maker sizes it to its own light.
What it means
A light-to-scope mount has two clamps: one goes around the scope’s tube (or onto a Picatinny rail) and the other holds the light. Better ones add windage and elevation adjustment so the brightest part of the beam lands where the crosshair is.
What it changes in the field
- Aim the light with the rifle. The beam follows the scope, so whatever you light up is in the crosshair.
- Beam alignment. Without adjustment, the beam often hits above or beside the crosshair at distance.
What to look for
- Both sizes. The scope side has to fit your tube (1 in, 30 mm, 34 mm) or rail, and the light side has to fit the light’s body, usually 1 in or 30 mm.
- Return to zero. If you take the light off, a mount that goes back on in the same place saves re-aiming.
How we use it on this site
Light mount pages list the lights a maker names for them, plus lights whose published body diameter equals the mount’s ring (calculated).