Handguns and Lights

[Compuvette]

Like a lot here, carry gun=no light. I carry a light on my weak side pocket. Usually an E2E LED Surefire or a Titanium Innovations light. The AR's almost all have lights and so does the TRP beside the bed.

 

[familyevents]

I use light on my rifles not on pistols.

 

[BluePig]

Funny... They were just talking about this topic on Ruger Inside & Out.
Pros and cons of each.

 

[RabbleRouser]

I don't like a light on a gun (rifle, pistol, or shotgun) in home or out and about. The reason is that with a light ON your gun to see someone with that light and see them clearly you need to point your gun at said person. This could include a family member or a friend and with hand held light that is not necessary.

so you would rather be pointing a gun in the dark at a figure and not be sure if it was one of the above mentioned family members or not?

 

[88E30M50]

I don't have a light on my carry pistol, I do have a weapon mounted light on my bedside pistol however.

 

[churchmouse]

I carry a weapon with a mounted light (TLR-1) while eating bacon.

 

[IndyGunner]

Hand light... some things require light without having a loaded firearm pointed in their direction.

 

[Bubbajms]

I'm (sorta kinda) with VERT - if I'm dressed, I'm carrying a flashlight of some kind. I'm still looking for the perfect light for me in that regard, and I've gone through quite a few in the process, but they're just too handy on a day-to-day basis for me.

My absolute EDC gun doesn't have a light on it - it's a j-frame and there's just no way, really. My fighting handgun is a Glock, and it has a TLR-1 on it.

 

[superjoe76]

My Carry guns have no lights. However, my bedside gun does.

 

[churchmouse]

Hand light... some things require light without having a loaded firearm pointed in their direction.

Good point (no pun) as I carry a mag light as part of my EDC. The tac light on my pistol is blinding in the dark, literally. The mag light is a AA piece.

 

[churchmouse]

I'm (sorta kinda) with VERT - if I'm dressed, I'm carrying a flashlight of some kind. I'm still looking for the perfect light for me in that regard, and I've gone through quite a few in the process, but they're just too handy on a day-to-day basis for me.

My absolute EDC gun doesn't have a light on it - it's a j-frame and there's just no way, really. My fighting handgun is a Glock, and it has a TLR-1 on it.

+1 on the TLR-1

 

[redhead]

Agree I have the TLR-1S on the bedside SIG

 

[9mmfan]

My J frame, for obvious reasons, doesn't have a rail. My G19 does have one but I don't carry a light on it. During the summer I keep one in the car(one of two Surefires I have). In the winter, one light is in the pocket of the jacket I'm wearing. Since I've aged a bit, I usually don't go 'out' in the evening. If I do run to the store or something, I'll grab a light along with my keys when I leave.

Bacon is just to hard to mount on any gun I have.

 

[TomN]

Surefire x300 on my EDC and a LX2 in my pocket.

 

[esrice]

- Is it a hand-held light or a weapons-mounted light?

Handheld.

- What kind of light do you use?

Surefire LumaMax LX2

- Do you have any positive or negative experiences with any of these methods?

Everything is a compromise of some sort. There is a trade-off to every method. For the training I've done this is the best combo that works for me.

 

[revance]

Sig P239 (no rail) and a Surefire LX2.