A lot of people talk about using the small Surefires as a weapon because, well, it's there in your hand. It's a good idea, in my mind, because, like punching someone with a roll of quarters in your hand, it just adds to the hurtin' you put on somebody. And I certainly wouldn't want to suffer a hammer-strike from the bezel edge of my 6P!
Well, one of the tricks Gabe showed us in his CRG class some time back, was to use the Surefire lanyard ring to fasten a 1" keyring to the Surefire body in lieu of a wrist cord.
I've since installed said finger ring on my 6P and my Pelican M6 LED lights to great effect and highly recommend you give it a try. The benefits are many but I'll just highlight here for the sake of brevity.
1: it is very easy to "attach" the light to your hand, but you aren't as tightly attached as with a wrist thong. If you need to get that light off of you, or it's ripped off, you don't have to worry about losing body parts. Having worked around machinery all of my life, the one lesson that has been drilled into me countless times is that you just don't want oddities on your hands that might get caught in the lathe.... In a fight, the badguy might grab that hand/light and you don't want to get tied to the badguy. While the light is very secure in your grip when you want it to be, it's also easy to get out of as the ring isn't snug around your finger. Use either the 1" ring or the 1.25" ring, depending on finger size.
2: being attached to your weakhand trigger finger, it is very easy to flip the light around to the back of your hand so you can access a fresh mag, manipulate the pistol, or grapple with a doorknob. A simple flick of the wrist and the light is right back where it started. Literally a tenth of a second to go from light to no light and back again.
Gabe was using grenade (smoke or flashbang) rings, but I couldn't find any around here and had to settle for the key ring. It's kinda cheesy looking, but it clips right on to my belt hook and comes off just as easy. Just not as cool as having a grenade's pulltab on there, though.
Gotta give Gabe credit for thinking outside of the box. This is just one of many tricks he showed us and we are all better off for having taken his class.
Try it out and report back in the morning.
Well, one of the tricks Gabe showed us in his CRG class some time back, was to use the Surefire lanyard ring to fasten a 1" keyring to the Surefire body in lieu of a wrist cord.
I've since installed said finger ring on my 6P and my Pelican M6 LED lights to great effect and highly recommend you give it a try. The benefits are many but I'll just highlight here for the sake of brevity.
1: it is very easy to "attach" the light to your hand, but you aren't as tightly attached as with a wrist thong. If you need to get that light off of you, or it's ripped off, you don't have to worry about losing body parts. Having worked around machinery all of my life, the one lesson that has been drilled into me countless times is that you just don't want oddities on your hands that might get caught in the lathe.... In a fight, the badguy might grab that hand/light and you don't want to get tied to the badguy. While the light is very secure in your grip when you want it to be, it's also easy to get out of as the ring isn't snug around your finger. Use either the 1" ring or the 1.25" ring, depending on finger size.
2: being attached to your weakhand trigger finger, it is very easy to flip the light around to the back of your hand so you can access a fresh mag, manipulate the pistol, or grapple with a doorknob. A simple flick of the wrist and the light is right back where it started. Literally a tenth of a second to go from light to no light and back again.
Gabe was using grenade (smoke or flashbang) rings, but I couldn't find any around here and had to settle for the key ring. It's kinda cheesy looking, but it clips right on to my belt hook and comes off just as easy. Just not as cool as having a grenade's pulltab on there, though.
Gotta give Gabe credit for thinking outside of the box. This is just one of many tricks he showed us and we are all better off for having taken his class.
Try it out and report back in the morning.
