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Little light redo on the Hellion, 1500 Lumen Olight with a quick disconnect to turn it into a handheld flashlight, pretty neat. The M-Lok slots are difficult to deal with because of the angles, so I resorted to using pic rail adapters, actually not bad, and it clears the suppressor (and cover) just right without sticking out too much.

Still need to add a pressure switch cable guide (have many, not installed yet).

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this is what i use on the ar 10. its mountable or handheld and is bright as HECK, and has green and red lenses.
real durable for old hands that drop stuff
 
Handheld weapon lights I have a mix of Streamlight and Surefire. On my patrol rifle SA Saint I have an Inforce light mounted. No wires or pressure pads needed so no wires to break or get tangled. Just what I use and my two cents...
 
Bassbob said:
Not being LEO or having any legal reason to pursue anyone in the dark I have very little utility for a WML. I have a pair of Streamlight Pro Tacs. One on the shotgun closest to me as I sleep and one on my most recent AR build, because it looks cool. :ROFLMAO:
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Tacticool is one great reason, should not need any other explanation than that :D How else would you justify the horrible C-clamp? Even saw that one in a NATO exercise, so it's spreading! Tacticool is the way.

Seriously though, target identification in low or no light is important. We've got acres to patrol here, gets dark early and once the landsharks have acquired targets because they can see heat, light comes handy.

Also, @wolfpack076 I much prefer a pressure switch for intermittent lighting, this is usually how it's used, not as a walking semaphore, indoor and outdoor.
 
I have weapon lights on AR rifles for hunting, it's dark walking to and from the stand. I have a couple on handguns. but far as having them on a rifle to pursue someone at night i don't. if you go outside and track down someone and shoot them you will go to prison.
 
Belt Fed said:
I have weapon lights on AR rifles for hunting, it's dark walking to and from the stand. I have a couple on handguns. but far as having them on a rifle to pursue someone at night i don't. if you go outside and track down someone and shoot them you will go to prison.
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Not in NH, we live free or die here and have the right to not back down :D But we're not talking about tracking somebody or something, it's about not freaking out and opening fire in the dark not knowing what it is you're shooting at or if you even need to shoot. We have deers, bears, coyote, moose, foxes in our woods, don't want to be shooting any of these. I don't want to be shooting at anything except paper targets, but I also need to be prepared to have to do so. More than often, demonstration of force is enough.

Same indoors, I'd rather identify first. At lot of the home defense classes have an element of low visibility (arguably/possibly/cynically sponsored by the lights manufacturers), it's always good to train with tools we think we know how to use such as a simple flashlight and realize there are alternative ways to use them. The local range has low light shooting nights sometimes, it's kind of fun too and very humbling sometimes fumbling in the semi-darkness...
 
powerboatr said:
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NITECORE NEW P30 1000 Lumen Long Throw Hunting Flashlight Kit

The NITECORE NEW P30 is the ultimate long throw flashlight great for hunting or search and rescue. The NEW P30 comes with a 1000 lumen beam that can reach up to 676 yards of throw,
www.nitecorestore.com

this is what i use on the ar 10. its mountable or handheld and is bright as HECK, and has green and red lenses.
real durable for old hands that drop stuff
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Nitecore makes good stuff I have their EDC27 great lite very bright
 
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So if someone is in your yard and is unarmed you can shoot them?
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Not backing down doesn't mean shooting people, that just means that. I never advocated shooting somebody because they're in my yard. But the famous "bump in the night" scenario is precisely why you would need a light.

I'm not sure why we went from "I put a light on my gun" to "I'm for human safari in my yard", but that's jumping to strange conclusions very quickly. All I'm saying is I don't have night vision and need a light to see in the dark, with or without a gun, but if I need to take a gun with me in a dark area, I sure as hell will have a light on it so I can properly see and assess an adequate course of action. I don't think that's so unreasonable, is it?

AND, vastly more important since none of these guns will most likely shoot at nothing but paper targets: I do like lights, no amount of arguing will take that away from me, my wife has tried and failed for decades :D
 
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The Inforce light switch works almost as good as a pressure pad. Push button light comes on, push again it goes out. After some practice I can work it just as good if not better than a pressure pad. Plus two quick pushes and it goes into strobe mode. I have used it many, many times on patrol searching yards, woods and darkened buildings at night with no issues whatsoever. Just my two cents.
 
wolfpack076 said:
The Inforce light switch works almost as good as a pressure pad. Push button light comes on, push again it goes out. After some practice I can work it just as good if not better than a pressure pad. Plus two quick pushes and it goes into strobe mode. I have used it many, many times on patrol searching yards, woods and darkened buildings at night with no issues whatsoever. Just my two cents.
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Sounds pretty good. The Olight is not as good, not even a covered button, just the back of the light exposed, not very ergonomic without the pressure pad...
 
The Inforce also has a lockout feature that you can activate to prevent any accidental light activations. Many years ago I had a pressure switch setup that I really liked and somehow I can't recall what happened the wires got shredded making that light inoperable. Saw the Inforce setup, tried it and Love it. Just my two cents...
 
wolfpack076 said:
The Inforce also has a lockout feature that you can activate to prevent any accidental light activations. Many years ago I had a pressure switch setup that I really liked and somehow I can't recall what happened the wires got shredded making that light inoperable. Saw the Inforce setup, tried it and Love it. Just my two cents...
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Somehow, I can't get to the inforce website fully, it times out on any of the details I want to look at... Basically, what I'm looking for is an M-Lok light like the SureFire Scout and its mount...

BTW, here is the Olight without the pressure switch cap on it, not impressed by it!

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I'm a Surefire fan as well, I want a few of their scout lights, but I've been using a few of their single output lights on some of my rifles.
But, Crimson Trace is making some very good pistol mounted lights.
Too bad the bills gotta get paid......
 
I’m an advocate for WML, Heaven forbid I shoot a loved one or LEO as our response times are super fast here.
 
Bassbob said:
Not being LEO or having any legal reason to pursue anyone in the dark I have very little utility for a WML. I have a pair of Streamlight Pro Tacs. One on the shotgun closest to me as I sleep and one on my most recent AR build, because it looks cool. :ROFLMAO:
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Agreed.
I no longer have long guns and no disrespect to those that want to light up the night with a WML but for me it was a hype I fell for when I started shooting handguns and now no thanks.
I’d rather my location not be easily identified and save my night vision advantage. I do have two dim blue night lights in the apartment to help me with the possibility of bumps in the night.
I’m definitely not chasing someone into the night outside of my apartment.
 
From my research, I've found this setup to be near abouts what Delta Force used, except the Surefire light I'm using is an LED, not an incandescent.
Setup is simple, Weaver 1 inch top strap ring, and Surefire single output light.
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Not as elegant as some, but functional
 
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