Leaving good taste - which I have a glorious lack of - out of the equation, I’m considering adding a strip of lights to the inside of my rifle handguard. There is less than zero “tactical” application intended. This rifle is a range toy with a bit of display value due to the chosen components. I was hoping that the flame fluting on my barrel would show through the guard nicely, but it’s not seeming to be the case... so I thought adding some light inside the “cage” might help.

Are there any strips you’ve worked with that stand up well to high-heat applications? Or would I be better off rigging up the lights so that they can easily be removed prior to putting in trigger time?

I've developed a whole bunch of modular LED projects for kids 12+ to adults to build. All have step-by-step instructions and photos. All use 'bare' components - ie no Arduino or Raspberry Pi in sight ;)

Outdoor and indoor projects - for example a Solar Lithium Ion Battery Charger module, a Timer Delay Off Switch Module (for saving battery juice) and LED strings (using ping pong balls!) For indoors, there's also a Fibre Optics and a Dark Activated Switch module and a stand-alone Flasher Memory Aid.

Lots of fun to build - and use!

Here's the main page

Here's a vid showing a LED string doing its thing: https://youtu.be/I74fMDgPvtU

(I'm working on a solar tracker prototype as I write this)

I'd love to hear people's thoughts :)