Best spot for a "tactical" flashlight?

The down side of the light mounted on your weapon is (as a civilian), a) when you look at something with the light, you are pointing a (loaded?!) weapon at them, something which is generally not considered a friendly act.

And b) anyone who does shoot at you will have a strong tendency to shoot at the light.

Not being a hi speed low drag operator, my light will be in my off hand, held as well away from the rest of me as circumstances permit.
 
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he down side of the light mounted on your weapon is (as a civilian), a) when you look at something with the light, you are pointing a (loaded?!) weapon at them, something which is generally not considered a friendly act.

And b) anyone who does shoot at you will have a strong tendency to shoot at the light.

Not being a hi speed low drag operator, my light will be in my off hand, held as well away from the rest of me as circumstances permit.
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44AMP, just curious how you do this with a rifle/carbine?

Thanks
 
If you are right handed, and do what Captains1911 did, be careful you don't hit the rocker switch when you go to the low ready. Your stealth is lost pretty quick when you accidentally shine a high-powered flashlight through the door your team just stacked up on!

I put the light on the right side, with a tape switch on the top (I use a thumb-over grip.)
 
+ 1 for post 18. For me this is the right side far down the barrel. Not very far, from my head or center mass, but as far as possible. The idea is to blind then, and use lethal force if necessary before him. But I try to err on the side of caution.
 
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The place for the light is whereever you don't mind being blown to heck when the BG fires at the light. Of course if your head is behind the light, you won't mind much of anything. Ever.
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You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how to use the light. It's not for searching. Walking around with the light on would be stupid. It's used with a momentary switch for target identification when aiming, and only if necessary.

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Where I live it gets so dark at night you can't ID your own hand in front of you face. Lights are a must! Anyone without a light on their HD gun is simply not looking at things clearly. Maybe somebody should shine some light on the problem for them.;)

I have my light mounted in differant places on weapons with differant uses. I perfer a forgrip mount but I've also use a scope mounted light on one of my pest control guns. I also prefer lights with an ajustable beam. My tacticool 10/22's and sks have forgrip mounted light I can hit with my right thumb( lefty ). Works great for me anyhow. Ymmv


Boomer
 
Conventional wisdom has you put it on the outboard of your shooting side. The reasoning being so your light doesn't get tangled in your other gear. (Right handed shooter on the right hand side of the rifle.)

Not having a lot of "other" gear, I prefer mounting mine on the inboard side so I can manipulate the switch with my support hand. I don't like doing the reach around to manipulate the switch and I don't want a fore grip mounted tape switch. I'm sure it is more important to someone who is loaded down with a bunch of crap while on a mission.
 
You have a link handy so I can pick one of those tacticool lights?:p

Boomer

P.S. Are those mil spec zip ties? I want black ones for mine. ;)
 
Thanks!

I was thinking( i know I know)... I'll just tacticool super glue the bat sighnal to my tacticool cabela's hat.:D

I don't want it to though off the balance of my gun. ;)


Ummm.... tacticool ummm... Boomer
 
Hey Fireforged.

How do you expect one of our tacticool minded friends to hold a light in one hand and an AR with 30 lbs of dodads on it in the other hand well shooting accurately. I've seen it done but way not just mount it on the gun and shoot with two hands.


Boomer
 
I've seen it done but way not just mount it on the gun and shoot with two hands.
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If you have to use two hands to accurately shoot your tactical AR then you haven't lifted enough tactical weights, nor eaten enough tactical Wheaties.
 
You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how to use the light. It's not for searching. Walking around with the light on would be stupid. It's used with a momentary switch for target identification when aiming, and only if necessary.
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What you're describing is a scenario where you have your muzzle covering something you haven't identified and cannot identify without a flashlight. And that's something you're planning for?
 
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What you're describing is a scenario where you have your muzzle covering something you haven't identified and cannot identify without a flashlight. And that's something you're planning for?
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I am, yes. With a long gun you don't have the luxury of having a free hand to operate a non weapon mounted light.

However, I also keep a weapon mounted light on my home defense pistol because I fully anticipate having to use my weak hand to perform another task. While you may be breaking one of the 4 rules in that situation, there are others that actually keep you from pulling the trigger until you have identified your target.
 
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