My only trick from my 15 years experience, use toothpaste to clean your weaponlinght lens after every range trip, carbon residue reduces lumen output very quickly otherwise.

@STEVEARABIA1

Жыл бұрын

Smart idea.

@Kendye6

Жыл бұрын

I recently heard a trick and tested a pencil eraser - worked like a charm. I'll try the toothpaste sometime too.

@yunglevistain

Ай бұрын

i heard about putting chapstick/patroleum jelly on the glass so carbon binds to the chapstick instead of the glass to make it easier to clean

Sound advice Recommend to have a hand held as a backup If you flag someone who's not a threat, with a gun, that too could have you on a charge.

Man, the indirect lighting technique is so overlooked, great callout. Ppl fail to realize how well an entire forward space can be illuminated in residential situations like this. Nice work sir!

Every gun needs a light

@bannedbycommieyoutube5time920

Жыл бұрын

*Every serious use gun, other than maybe a small pocket pistol where it isn’t feasible.

@JW--dc8ri

Жыл бұрын

Not every gun

@joejohnson4183

Жыл бұрын

If they can accept one . We don't need people duck taping lights to their firearms and I have actually seen that done . So how would you mount a light on a 5 or 6 shot revolver like a S&W , Colt or Taurus ?

@zanderw1199

Жыл бұрын

@@joejohnson4183 good point joe!

@timpierce9450

Жыл бұрын

My hellcat doesn’t have a rail so I got a light that mounts to the trigger guard. There are also grip mounted lights and trigger guard mounted lights for revolvers.

After taking a night pistol class I switched to having a weapon mounted light on all my carry guns. The TRL7’s are my favorite. I think it’s still important to learn to shoot with a handheld light but it’s so much easier with one attached. Jeff makes an excellent point that the weapon light shouldn’t replace your edc handheld.

Wuddup concealed X300 users? Who's with me?

Thanks

Awesome

Pray for Oregon

🤙🏽

People who don’t have a light on a self defense gun scare me.

@don_sharon

Жыл бұрын

Then I would scare the crap out of you. I will never have one mounted on my pistol - just as he said, whatever your light illuminates, your loaded gun is pointing at too. What if your child is up in the middle of the night and you're clearing your house? What if your wife is letting the dog out in the middle of the night just after it craps on the floor and you decide to clear the house? You really want to light up a family member with a loaded light? What if an Alzheimer patient is wandering around your house at night and you decide to clear the property with that pistol light? In some states, if you point your lighted pistol at someone who isn't supposed to be on your property but is no threat, you might be going to jail. That sir, it what scares the crap out of me - Joe Tactical who just got a weapon light after watching a KZread video. That's why I choose to have my Surefire right next to my firearms.

@timwilliamanderson

Жыл бұрын

@@don_sharon you know you can own more than one light? You could for example have a handheld light and a light mounted on a firearm

Based on doing some low light training and seeing the breadth of low-light defensive encounters of LEOs and private citizens, I have changed my mind from my previously held ideas about WMLs. 1) Every handgun needs a WML - No. For private citizens in a concealed carry role, a WML is not mandatory, especially when the size profile of the gun does not a support a blindingly bright full-size WML. There are much better handheld options (which should be carried and used regardless of WML status) that will actually do the things a defensive light may need to do, without the restriction of being co-axial to the barrel. Overwhelmingly, concealed carrier uses of firearms do not necessitate adding any more light to the situation. Personal crimes (robbery, rape, etc.) are apparent enough that the objective use of deadly force is understood and authorized. Home defense handguns absolutely SHOULD have a WML, because of the difference in setting. Shooting at bumps in the night is not acceptable, so bringing light to PID a family member or other non-threat is essential, especially because at night inside the home, there may actually be little to no light to see with. 2) Searching with a WML - Private citizens do not (read: should not) chase or search out bad guys. You do not clear your house. Unless there is another person in danger, you stay where you are. This contrasts to a LEO's role, where they DO need to search for and chase bad guys. Different mission set, different gear to support it. 3) Constant-on vs. momentary - If the point of a WML is to enable more visual information without having to compromise a full 2-handed support grip, why would you want to begin to compromise your grip to hold down on a toggle switch at the point of firing? Momentary would be okay for LEOs/MIL doing visual clearing while searching, but for private citizens, if it's time to go to gun, remember this: light's on, fight's on. Set it on, do your thing, then turn it off when you're finished. If you can get away with a WML on a CC gun, that's great. Main point should be: practice 1 handed shooting with a handheld light, and/or practice going from handheld to WML.

@kubilaydemirhan59

10 ай бұрын

I’m a private citizen and I am most definitely clearing my house. Hence MY HOUSE. My castle. And no one else is clearing it but ME.

For me personally, I don't believe I should run a WML on a carry gun. The way I grip the gun, my thumb extends past the switch on most lights, so I have to break my grip significantly to operate the light, making it impractical. I also believe that the gun shouldn't come out until you're ready to shoot, at which point you've already ID'ed your target. Therefore, I personally would opt for a good handheld, that I can use to search and ID, before the gun ever leaves the holster. A home defense gun or duty gun is different though, and in my opinion should have WMLs.

@romak4756

Жыл бұрын

Pulling the weapon right as you are ready to shoot is too late

@bananaman-qj4nu

Жыл бұрын

@@romak4756 while I agree with you, I think my thought was I don't want to be searching/illuminating a person with the gun, but the gun can be out of the holster ready to go if need be

I own 2 O light models, 1 standard & 1 with less brightness but a green laser dot. Both can be quickly fit to Glocks or guns with 1913 rails: Picatinny. Both O lights have strobe features. ✔️ Weapon lights are NOT easy to tote or ccw. They are best, in my view for vehicles or home 🏡 security. I'd add that I own a level lll Safariland holster with light. Glock 17/22 gen 4 version. I have a Rapid Force 👽 Gear light holster(M&P .40). It's bulky & not great for uniform carry.

Your "caution" although possible is NOT always correct...at all. "Whatever your light is pointed at, so is your barrel." WRONG! That's why 'flood' on even the most respected and best weapon lights have some flood of light. So you don't need to aim at the same spot as the light source. Your caution should be recognized but it's not at all accurate. Furthermore, there is a huge negative to too much flood light. Your main statement though is not absolute!

As a Republican and proud NRA member, I say the law should be change to require ALL flashlights to be mounted to guns.

@MrLiquidhobo

Жыл бұрын

What a completely idiotic statement from start to finish.

@timpierce9450

Жыл бұрын

I hope that was a typo. Maybe a law where all guns need a light but you wouldn’t want a 10 year old kid going to camp with a flashlight that had a gun mounted on cause every flashlight has to have a gun.

@northernbohemianrealist1412

Жыл бұрын

@@timpierce9450 Yes I would like a ten year old at camp to have a gun mounted to his flashlight. While in the woods, he may come across Matt Gaetz.

@northernbohemianrealist1412

Жыл бұрын

@@MrLiquidhobo Obviously you are a communist. The only reason Our Blessed Second Amendment doesn't require guns mounted to flashlights is that flashlights hadn't been invented.