Billmanweh
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If you have a handgun with a rail, isn't a weapon mounted light like a Surefire X200 the way to go? Is there any advantage to a handheld-only flashlight?
If I had a weapon mounted light, and had to search the house in the dark after hearing a strange noise, it would make me sick to think that I just pointed my .45 at my wife just for needing some light on the subject. Thus, I have a Surefire Z2(?) with a lanyard on the nightstand as well as my urban defense weapon... completely separate.2) Just as you never use the scope of a rifle as a pair of binoculars, you never use a weaponlight as just a flashlight.
For handheld lights, current technique is to bring it to the chin in the support hand.
Light on (as briefly as possible), ID the threat, light off, move off line of attack and engage if threat is ID'd as a target.
For handheld lights, current technique is to bring it to the chin in the support hand.
If you are clearing your house with a weapon mounted light, and you have kids, think about whats going to happen when you shine your light on them to check and make sure they are ok.
Is there any advantage in terms of point-shooting with a weapon-mounted light? I don't know if I'd mess around with acquiring a sight picture in a true home defense scenario - things in the real world seem to happen too fast for that. Would it better to just light up the BG and then keep pulling the trigger?