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CCW w/ a Weaponlight

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With the X200 Dinkylight, CCWing with a weaponlight will be easier, but is it a dumb idea to begin with?

Just thinking aloud.
 
I have a weapon light on my home defense carbine, but I don't think I would like one on my carry sidearm. I carry a Surefire G2 with me more often than not, and I've had occasion to use it in situations where revealing my sidearm would not have been appropriate/wise/legal.

I don't think it's a dumb idea; it just doesn't fit my own personal situation. Your milage may vary, of course....
 
Gee, the lights just went out! Let me pull out my "superblaster 45", further scaring the c**p out of everyone around me, remove the attached light, and lead you all to safety. What's that? Why is everyone gathered around that police officer, and pointing at me? Why is he talking into his radio and drawing his gun? Who called me a terrorist?

How about carrying a seperate light, and having enhanced versatility. You can even help that pretty lady in the next cubical search for something she dropped behind the computer.
 
If someone develops a light small enough, that it will work with a decent concealment holster, id consider adding one to my carry weapon, in addition to a flashlight on my belt. It would add more options, plus if you actually needed the weapon, you could just drop the belt light, and use the free hand for reloads and control of your firearm. I think it has possibilities, but right now, I dont see any light small enough id consider getting for carry.
 
Duty holsters are available from several manufactures that will accept the firearm with the light in place. I don't want to keep a light attached to my firearm in the holster, so as a matter of personal preference I don't use them. Ninety five percent of the time a stand alone light is much more useful. Now on long guns, I want a dedicated light. All that said, I carry a light of some kind pretty much all the time.
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I carried a Glock M19 with ITI M3 both on and off-duty for several years. If you have the capabilty to carry a gun with a light mounted, do it. Blade-Tech is about the only game in town for a concealable belt-mounted holster for a Glock/taclight combo. Of course, having a light on your gun doesn't excuse not having a seperate handheld light. Yeager and several of his crew have carried various Glocks mounting M3 lights as their primarily carry guns for many years.
 
Gee, the lights just went out! Let me pull out my "superblaster 45", further scaring the c**p out of everyone around me, remove the attached light, and lead you all to safety. What's that? Why is everyone gathered around that police officer, and pointing at me? Why is he talking into his radio and drawing his gun? Who called me a terrorist?
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Funny comment :cool:

However, you can carry a weapon light seperated from your weapon you know. I don't see how you'd ever IWB holster your handgun with a light mounted on it anyway.

I like the idea myself, assuming that one find a weapon light that's anywhere near as small or light as something like the G2 Nitrolon(and assuming you have a rail on your handgun or it would be a pretty silly idea :D )
 
Concealing a weapon mounted light in a holster is easy and I have done it for many years. I am waiting on Tom at Blade-Tech to ship my new holster and I will be carrying a Glock 17 with the new M3X. The chances of being attacked in low light are high and a weapon mounted light allows you to identify and illuminate your target while maintaining a two handed grip on your weapon. Don't make the mistake that some have in assuming that a weapon mounted light is a replacement for a handheld light. It is not. A handheld light will still get more use than the weapon mounted light and should be carried as well, but when I have to deploy my weapon and a light I can do so faster while maintaining a two handed grip. In my opinion you lose nothing by carrying a weapon mounted light in addition to a handheld.
 
I think we are starting to mix 2 different possibilities here.

1. How many attacks are initiated in total darkness? Few, as the outlaw needs to see you to attack you.

2. How much time do you spend in total, or near total darkness? (Lots of people tell me I'm totally in the dark on things, but that's different.)

I agree with Tracy that a weapon mounted light has it's place, primarily as a supplement to a non-mounted light. We can buy as many toys as we want. I would choose a "un-mounted" light, as I know techniques allowing me to use it with my sidearm when (if) needed. Your choices may vary.
 
G23 with X200?

I plan on getting a G23 shortly, chopped down to G27 frame size. Now, I would only chop a G23 to get the light rail on a G27 size frame. I'm considering carrying a chopped G23 with X200B, CT Grips, and night sights.....overkill? Anyone know a good IWB holster that would handle the X200 besides the bladetech...which looks like a kydex torture device...that think can't be comfortable for extended carry....

Thoughts, opinions, anyone??
 
My $0.02: Just make sure you have a hand-held light IN ADDITION TO the weaponlight. You are far more likely to need a flashlight alone than a flashlight mounted on your weapon, and pulling the weapon to use it as an illumination device may be problematic, to say the least. I say this as someone who has worked night shift big-city police police patrol for over two decades, and I do use a duty pistol that accepts weaponlights and have extensively used a shotgun with a Surefire integral forend/weaponlight combo. My pistol light is a Surefire X200.
 
I do not use a weapon light because I don't want to point my weapon at things I do not want to shoot. If you are checking a bump in the night and your light is on your weapon you may find your self pointing your weapon at a loved one, friend, or pet. Same thing applies to a CCW plus you have to unconceal your weapon to use the light which may get you in some big trouble. It is kind of like using your scope to spot game while hunting, I had a friend tell me that he heard something and saw it was his buddy walking out the woods I asked how he saw him with no binoculars he said through his scope. Never hunted with him again. If what you do goes against the rules of the firearm do not do it!
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Interesting thread,.. I've never owned a weaponlight before and none of my handguns have rails. I had never considered CCWing with one before, since I usually carry a flashlight with me. But it is an interesting idea that I will give some thought to.
 
Gee, the lights just went out! Let me pull out my "superblaster 45", further scaring the c**p out of everyone around me, remove the attached light, and lead you all to safety. What's that? Why is everyone gathered around that police officer, and pointing at me? Why is he talking into his radio and drawing his gun? Who called me a terrorist?
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Well gee if the lights just went out, then how the heck are people going to see you pulling out your sidearm and detaching the flashlight?

Well gee, who said that if you carry a light on your weapon that you can't carry any other lights?
 
I actually think a separate light makes a lot of sense

Then you can use it for lots of stuff

Without actually doing any gunhandling

Skunk...dude....almost 10,000 posts

Soon you will achieve total consciousness

So you got that goin for you...........which is nice!
 
I dont see anything wrong with a weapon light as long as its not your only flashlight. It is nice to have options and there are times when a weaponlight makes sense, but like others have hinted at, it is not wise to make it your primary option.
 
I vote to make Skunk "Uber-Member"..Anyone who post that much deserves a medal or something..


I was looking at purchasing a light tonight.. And it got me thinking if a situation came about where I had to use my firearm would there be time to acess a light?

I have read so many statistics that say encounters happen from 0-5 feet so there would not be time for me to access my light and firearm..Howerver in a Home Defense situation I think a seperate light is a great idea...that way your not pointing the firearm at everything you light up..but i have one on my rifle:cuss: dohhh!!
 
I finally bought a weapon mounted light for a handgun. I found an old style light to fit my SIG 220. This is used as my bedside gun, not (usually) a CCW gun. I still like the separate light, as I know how to use it without pointing a loaded gun at an unknown.
 
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