Flashlight vs weapon light would be interesting video.

@Jezus42

2 жыл бұрын

I carry both. Why not?

@jacobgill4808

2 жыл бұрын

No contest..weapon light wins

@muffinxcancer

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobgill4808 but remember pointing a weapon mounted light can mean pointing a loaded gun around, both is best.

@SatelliteEnthusiast

Жыл бұрын

Personally I carry a mag-light with my own handgun

"Lose your sh*t" is a drill that my wife and I have practiced. We live deep in the country, so chances are if one of us needs to use our firearm it'll be while getting groceries or errands in town. We fill grocery bags full of random stuff just to practice dropping them to draw. Train for when you're most vulnerable.

@Irishcream216

2 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one! It's so important to train for the real world!

@altyndom7039

2 жыл бұрын

Also practice when you using an outhouse, kick the door open and start dry firing or when using a shower pull the curtains down and start practicing sending the lead all over the entrance door.

@williamwinn948

2 жыл бұрын

Train for the Unexpected, because things never go as planned.

@justindunlap1235

2 жыл бұрын

I do exactly the same thing, it's good to identify when you are most vulnerable, and develop a training routine to address it.

@ShortArmStrongArm

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

Holding and operating the flashlight with one hand and shooting with the other takes some serious training and strength. Seems really difficult especially under serious stress. Good lesson. Thx!

I have to say that of all places the newest Resident Evil series on Netflix had that “FBI” style of holding the light in different places while they cleared the White House. It’s the first time I’ve seen it used outside of training.

I love how Eric threw it. Awesome stuff!

At 7:02 during fbi method he studder steps left into area where light was and where hostile rounds would be aimed. When using this technique, consider tactical advantage of - shot and move right at night. Moves you away from hostile aiming point.

@ForwardProgressUSA

2 жыл бұрын

You’re absolutely right Paul, but one thing that you should understand and or possibly consider is that once that round goes off and that flash to my right side goes off from where the light was the light suddenly becomes way less important and that flash of light that is the main threat is now suddenly the focal point. I love where your heads at and obviously there’s going to be different opinions but what I can say is normally I quickly tap that light it is a very short momentary on and then after that gun goes off I moved to the opposite side that gun went off on it’s just the way I’ve been trained and as it stands, 50/50 chances😂 would love 100 however, those odds never exist in a gun fight, don’t let anybody fool you. Obviously every situation is going to be different, conditions, physical ailments and disabilities etc. Great point and thanks for watching.

Lots of good practical information. Easy to practice.

Thanks for the video guys!

Love these vids keep em coming!

This kind of stuff is awesome always you never know when you have to fight and useful info is always awesome

Thanks for this you should do more of this Eric it was invaluable

good video i like how strobe is used to disorientate them, and taking them out with one shot each and the rest

These techniques and this genre of content involving employing an illumination device alongside a fighting pistol really was both useful and thought provoking! It is something within the "Gun Fu" that is indeed not practiced or, moreso, overlooked completely. Referring back to the training I once received in clearing houses and utilizing a handgun in tandem with a light in dark spaces while doing so, I can only recall being briefly instructed on light positioning relative to the officer and the gun. Not utilizing it as a distraction or supplementary aiming aid for defensive accuracy under speed if tucked in close on the off side. Many thanks for shedding some light ;-) on light etiquette to supplement defensive shooting.

Great video as always

Wow. Awesome! Thank you

Thyrm switchback.. a must have!

@unclefreedom213

2 жыл бұрын

All my carry guns except my 26 have a tlr 7a or tlr1hl but my G2 LE with thyrm is a must have when I run my 26 such a solid piece of kit

Great stuff guys! Would love to see a video with a long-gun mounted light!

Keep in mind in Texas: if you have a weapon mounted light and you walk outside and use that light for a flashlight then you’re also technically pointing said weapon at whomever you come across. So if they are simply walking down the curb and they trigger your security system so you walk out there and point at them to “see what it is” then you’ve committed a FELONY in the state of Texas called Deadly Conduct. Look it up. Using a weapon to point with zero probable cause or belief you’re also in immediate danger of deadly force is a felony on your part.

@smnkm4ehfer

Ай бұрын

It's actually brandishing and just point at the ground. The light spill will illuminate them without pointing it at them. And if you aren't doing it in a threatening manner it may not even be brandishing(which is a misdemeanor). Or carry a handheld and keep a weaponlight mounted.

I love this lesson. So many things to learn even having somethings natural to me, new enlightenment "pun intended"

Eric Great Fash Iight Training. Great Video Thanks. Would Like To See More Training Videos.

Awesome video!

Ya more of this guys. I'd rather watch your guys and your friends than some of the others out there. Plus we'd rather support your channel.

Great video. I would like to see more flashlight training videos. And some more of your classic meltdown videos.

Can you do something like this but with an under barrel light like a viridian or streamlight mounted on the pistol rail?

@kenibnanak5554

2 жыл бұрын

Why would you want to? Three opponents, one or two with a shotgun. They aim at the light and shoot at you. That, with their target being your under the barrel light, is going to hurt a lot.

@ThePonchoJoe

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenibnanak5554 hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha 😂😂😂 What fuddlore. Get a good light that's bright enough, and they won't be able to tell the source, it'll be blinding.

@Jezus42

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenibnanak5554 where you live I have a tlr and a hand held. I'll happily shine them in your face. There is a park behind my house. When I mounted my tlr and tested it I walked out on my deck and shown my light across the park at the neighbors house. After a min I heard a "the neighbors appear to be testing their new light" in a gruff and unamused tone. That's a block from my house. In the middle of the night I was effectively spotlighting their house at 1 am.

@CinemaZiggy

2 ай бұрын

The thing I don’t understand about WML guys is if you have identified the target you don’t need the light and if you haven’t identified the target then you don’t need the gun. The times you need both at the same time is very few and usually only in home defense for most civilians. A handheld light will be better more often than not and will be brighter than any WML you can buy.

Oprah tactics. "Everyone gets a shot!"

@jojib7621

2 жыл бұрын

i kept thinking bartender tactics. make sure everyone gets a shot before handing out more

@MrRobGodek

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome

Really enjoyed video

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I liked this video nice new fresh content, you should have more of it. Not all the time but it good to see.

Love the video but what about mounted lights ? I know there’s a bunch of really good techniques on those and I would like to know those too

@11:00 I realized this a few months after carrying concealed. I was leaving grocery store with bags in both hands. I seen an unsavory person and thought man if the need to deploy became reality I’d have to drop these bags. I now try to use a cart or carry bags weak side. Leaving my strong side open. Even exiting my vehicle. I try to ensure my strong side free to do its work.

@DaveL9170

2 жыл бұрын

And you’ve now touched on why we are taught in the academy to do EVERYTHING weak handed so our gun hand is always free.

@c-w-h

2 ай бұрын

Stop using shopping bags. They make backpacks. Show them the receipt and immediately put what ever will fit in the backpack. Plus if its a cooler backpack. Even better.

@c-w-h

2 ай бұрын

Airplane bags are great too. I dont think anyone makes one as a see through yet. But as a trucker. They are my favorite. Never worry about ever touching z nasty shopping cart ever again.

Strobe is often confusing for the shooter not the threat being strobed, something to think about.

This could have been a 3 minute video.. but I still love you. lol

Huh. I do that double tap on the last target in all my training. Glad to know in doing it right

@DeimosPC

2 жыл бұрын

Double tap doesn't already necessarily work. If you watch Ronin's videos on the double tap, you'll see it's a myth. He's put two rounds into people in combat and they've still stood and were still a threat.

10:30 Same. I keep the dominant hand empty and free. The hardest habit is not pulling out my keys until I'm at the car and ready to open a door.

I've been a big fan of the high light. People focus on the shiny thing.

Your thing may not be lights but thank for the tutorial. Enjoyed thoroughly.

how do you adapt that to someone being in a wheelchair?

Throwing that pistol made my day 😂 great video as always

When I went through law enforcement training with night shooting as you hold your flashlight away from your body as most will shoot towards the light so keep it away from you. That is what I was trained to do.

@DaveL9170

2 жыл бұрын

That’s actually called the FBI hold. When I was in the academy they taught us the same thing in 1992.

@fog8969

Жыл бұрын

I noticed that when he was talking about moving while shooting and getting off the X, he was wrongly moving to his left toward the former location of the flashlight instead of to his right away from the former location of the flashlight.

I work security at a hospital in NC and my post is patrolling outside in a vast parking lot network. Its an armed post and I have to respond to a lot of calls outside in the dark. Its given me many nites to practice practical rearching skills. It does take practice. Even though I can't draw my weapon when a suspicious person call comes in I do use my light as if I have my weapon out so its really ojt

The strobe seems like it would be a good distraction and would make the target think more... I wonder if a strobe with a random pulse period would be even better. Injecting chaos.

I mostly use the method where he holds the flashlight next to the gun and braces the pistol with his arm or wrist

Eric, try to avoid interrupting him when he's talking. God bless all here.

@drp1bb856

2 жыл бұрын

That’s been a peeve of mine too.

@calholli

2 жыл бұрын

It's called conversing.. asking questions.. confirming that your understanding is correct..

@drp1bb856

2 жыл бұрын

@@calholli It’s called interrupting when you start talking before someone else is finished. Doesn’t make him a bad person. I still think he’s great, but he has a bad habit of doing that. He does it to Chad too.

I thought that this was great!

cool

Most excellent! Now do lasers. How do you lead a moving target?

@calholli

2 жыл бұрын

Aim in front of it.

Mounted light for firearm is th best

What are the lumans of the flashlights, y'all are using? 500, 1000?

Dig that local AK operators union shirt Eric!

Just the way he throws the gun 😂😂😂

No WML?

Good things to know....

"So basically everybody gets one shot before somebody gets a second shot" = fairness applied successfully! 🤣

@drp1bb856

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a gun guy’s version of socialism 🤣

@fog8969

Жыл бұрын

Diversity and inclusion.

Good and thoughtful content! Thank you! How about the light use that is not attached to a long gun or a shotgun? Question, not a criticism? There seems to be a trend getting away from shooting with eye protection? Why?

@alphaomega9255

2 жыл бұрын

Always use eye pro, that is a rule

@fog8969

Жыл бұрын

One of the first things I noticed, too, and said the same thing before reading your comment. Nothing wrong with constructive criticism.

Why strobe over bright light?

Too many people have been sleeping on the strobe function.

The end of the can @14:33. 😩👌

Always wear eye protection while shooting or doing anything else that could easily put your eyes in danger.

@gerardoG10

8 ай бұрын

Great catch, whats training gonna do if you cant practice saftey first?

Ayyyyyyy what’s up guys

How about a weapon light held at lo ready where it isnt flagging people? Is that still brandishing

@gerardoG10

8 ай бұрын

I mean just the sound of racking a firearm can be a form of brandishing too, so im pretty sure that would be a yes it can be brandishing if theres no immediate threat

Should have more views

I feel this drill at night would be easier to do with a Lazer as well.

What about a flesh light?

Is there any practical data that supports this type of weapon light use? Has it ever been used in the real world shootings. I think a WML is much better choice since you have both hands on the gun .

@garrettsasome888

2 жыл бұрын

This is correct

@Meditech509

2 жыл бұрын

Pointing a firearm at someone is assault regardless if light is attached to it.

@ringingsteel8729

2 жыл бұрын

FWIW I’m not going to have a WML on most of my CCW guns. My PPQ, PDP, and beretta 92 has one, but my pps and various other small summer carries do not. I’ll always have a handheld light regardless of if I have a WML or not. It’s always good to know how to use both. Not that a WML doesn’t have advantages, but you’ll end up fighting with what’s at hand, rather than what’s ideal to be fighting with, and I’m not carrying a full-size handgun in my gym shorts.

@garrettsasome888

2 жыл бұрын

@@ringingsteel8729 You can run good weapon lights on guns as small as the p365. So the size of the weapon is really not an excuse.

@garrettsasome888

2 жыл бұрын

@@Meditech509 You wouldn't point a WML at someone unless you were going to draw your weapon anyway. I would say to carry both a handheld and WML but if I have to draw my weapon my main light source at that point will be my WML. I want to have two hands on the gun if at all possible.

No reason not to have both, WML and handheld, but I'd rather have a WML for HD than just the handheld. You can bounce the light off the ceiling or floor, and not muzzle everything in the house, till you need to.

Call me lazy: I have a light mounted on almost every firearm I own.

@Jezus42

2 жыл бұрын

Lazy no. Smart man. Why have to look for a light when I need it. I also edc a streamlight

@CinemaZiggy

2 ай бұрын

It’s a good idea to have both seeing it’s illegal to point guns at people. If you haven’t identified the target you don’t need the gun if you have identified then you don’t need the light.

@richardefriend

2 ай бұрын

@@CinemaZiggy Yeah, that works so well with my PDW's and long guns. And did I mention That almost every light on ne of my handguns is a combo light laser? Life is filled with compromises, and putting a light on m weapon and not occupying my other hand with one is one of them.

So you step into the light lol. If they engage where the light was and your face is now where the light was......splatty splat splat!

Gun Fu someone's been watching Equilibrium.

If you are going to move and get off the X while shooting, maybe you should move to the direction opposite from your flashlight hand instead of in the same direction as your flashlight hand. Like this, if you are shooting with your right hand and holding the flashlight with your left hand, then maybe don't move left while shooting, because you will be moving into the location of the light.

I saw the video but I was like "this video is 20 minutes long, that's too much, I should go to bed", then 15 minutes later "whoops... well, only 5 minutes remain so I might as well finish it".

Hey Eric I absolutely can’t wait for another gun meltdown , it’s been wayyyyyyyyyyyy to long, I know there’s a shortage, possibly a full auto ar-10 ???? Love the content ! You guys are definitely he best of the best on KZread

Taking one step to either side when getting off the x isnt doing anything but negatively effecting accuracy..you have as much chance of stepping into a bullet as dodging one..if your gonna get off the x you need to move more than 5 feet..

Just like call of duty with the knife

That's pretty loud ammo being 147 grain WITH a suppressor.

@Stevarooni

2 жыл бұрын

It's also not triggering sound dampening as much on the camera mic.

@calholli

2 жыл бұрын

"silencer

@Irishcream216

2 жыл бұрын

@@calholli *muffler It's semantics.

@calholli

2 жыл бұрын

@@Irishcream216 "semiotics

@calholli

2 жыл бұрын

@@Irishcream216 One is the legal term used in the written law- silencer; the other was coined from a marketing gimmick.

Why would you step into where the light was previously, they would already be engaging that area. I think it would be better to step to the right when holding the light up and to your left.

This is a much needed video topic. I have always viewed flashlights mounted on a gun frame with horror. In darkness your opponents will shoot at the light in front of them. Even if they are an inch or two off in where their bullet goes, that means that bullet goes into you. That is not a good thing. Your flashlight should not be adjacent to or in line with a vital organ of your body. If you have a 2nd flashlight (some folks do) and you are clearing a room, point it away from you and roll (not throw) it into the room. As it rolls it will illuminate your targets, and who cares if they shoot the light on the floor?

The problem with flash light is they know you're comings.

Flashlight with suppressors = very High IQ 🤣

Lucky numba 2

Everyone gets a serving before anyone gets seconds 😉

"its coke in the south yall" ....only if your referring the the brand coke.... other wise its pop....... or you can specify the type subcategory of pop by saying soda or cola ( yes they are very different)........ but its only coke, if you want the brand name coke specifically.

Wml>handheld

33rd.....🇺🇲👊

Tomahawk throws handgun* NEEUGH!

This is cool but I feel like pistol mounted lights are just superior for low light shooting. Just my dirty civilian opinion.

@calholli

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah... I thought this was going to be about using a pistol light.

Oh, he said flAshlight, I thought he said something else. OK, carry on.

Here for the boomer comments on how you don’t need a WML or that it’ll give you away or draw fire

@Meditech509

2 жыл бұрын

Do you not realize pointing a firearm at someone is assault regardless if a light is attached to it?

Personally, I believe that every fighting weapon should have a weapon light.

@matthewbeaver5026

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Though you have to shoot using it also. I was quite surprised how hard it was to see through the smoke of the burnt powder.

@NoNo_IStay

2 жыл бұрын

At the beginner level yes

@calholli

2 жыл бұрын

Bare minimum

3rd!

Ahhh, the sound of good old southern states.. sometimes annoying, sometimes not. 😁

Actually it's "When in hollyweird throw a gun."

I prefer to have the light on the gun so that I can shoot one handed in the dark. Or two handed with two guns. Then again if at home, I will be armed with a short semi-auto 12 gauge shotgun with a light and a laser on it. Nobody walks, nobody talks.

No offense but he instantly lost me when he started using strobe. Strobe belongs at disco's, not on weapon lights.

Throwing the pistol was just stupid. Its not respectfull as its not a toy but a tool of death. He even forgot his count on a slowed down segment. They did raise a good point that most gunowners fail on and that is incorporating movement into practice. Eric need more schooling and less cheeseburgers.

BTW, this is a family friendly show, so remember it is flashlight with a A like AK. 😉

I like a lot of the videos, but this so called trainer’s technique is flawed. Two hands on the weapon for control; x300u for the win. Modlite PLHv2 with Thyrum Switchback for admin/backup. A threat won’t see anything for minutes in the dark if blinded by either. Find a real trainer for modern tactics.

Any good instructor will tell you constant on light until the threat(s) is down. Not on off, or strobe, just on and done. This method is completely confusing to 90% of the public. Very very poor training outlook from light methods to ideology. Very surprised that you have this poor so called trainer on your channel...

@ForwardProgressUSA

2 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear the thought process behind light on constant at all times. Don’t agree, but maybe I’ll learn something 😏

Dude lost all credibility when he started with "strobe". LOL

Never, ever drop or throw your weapon. I'm dissapointed you did this.