Elzetta ZFH1500 Tactical Flashlight Holder and Picatinny Rail Kit (AR15/M16/M4).

Elzetta's ZFH1500 Tactical Light Holder is a good, tough product. A hex wrench is included for installation, which went smoothly for me. The hardest part was removing the side mount sling swivel from my Rock River rifle. Once that was done, the rest was a breeze. After that, I added the picatinny rail, which was just as easy, with the hardest part being handling the tiny nuts with my fingers, which seem to get clumsier every day.

Installation was fast and easy, and in no time I had it mounted on my rifle with a Surefire G2 Nitrolon flashlight, which is a perfect match to the Elzetta design.

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When someone knocks on your virtual door and offers to hand you a new shooting product to test, abuse, drag through the dirt, etc, what do you say? Good manners would dictate a polite reply, and mine was along the lines of, "Yes, please."

Very soon afterward, Dave Barnett again contacted me and said they had just changed the design in response to "a couple of complaints." It now fits lighter barrels better. Sounds like a very responsive company, interested in making the best possible product.

The included hardware and hex wrench are also of high quality, and the wrench is even marked Made in USA! I think we have all seen the aftermath a poor-quality hex wrench can leave behind due to its lousy fit, but you don't have to worry about it with Elzetta.

The picatinny rail kit includes a short rail of the same glass-filled material, and two longer bolts with nuts to replace the top pair of bolts on the light holder. No wrench is included, but since you got one with your light holder, you don't need another one. It installed quickly and easily, and now I'm all set to mount all kinds of ridiculous items to my gun.

This holder positions the light under the barrel, with the rear end of the light under the front sight base. On my rifle, that allows the standard sling swivel to contact the tailcap light switch on the Surefire. This makes a good momentary-on switch for me. I left the light's tailcap hanging out of the Elzetta a little so I have the option of turning it to switch the light on.

I inspected the adapters that allow the use of smaller-diameter lights in this mount, and I'm as impressed with them as I am with the mount itself. It's not every day that you see molded parts fit together so well and precisely. I kept looking for something to dislike, but I couldn't find it.

This is a good product.

- Russ Chastain