I also am a beginner at lamping and wanted to get started by using a torch style lamp that goes on top of my scope, you know, nothing too expencive or too big. Just something to do the job.
After many hours of searching the internet for the best deal on a gun lamp, finding one at my local RFD for a reasonable price (It was a Tracer GL2 and it was priced at a hard-to-beat £44) I decided that i didnt want to spent £44 on a lamp as my pockets arn't very deep. So i decided to check the good old fall-back, ebay, which turned up some good results and great bargains, but still out of my price ran