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Where do you put your weaponlight? I have seen may pictures of them in what I thought was a odd spot: on the right side rail, offset below the barrel(assuming right hander). Basically the natural spot for thumb activation with a broomstick grip, just with no broomstick installed. I ended up doing this and realized it can be activated with my pointer finger. I had always placed in on the top left for easy thumb activation. Thoughts? |
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You see a lot of high speed guy's guns from about 10 years ago setup like that. Likely because it tucks it in, allows activation as you noticed and also doesn't clutter with the LAM mounted up top like you sometimes have with a 1:30 light mount position. As for inboard vs outboard side, the outboard is usually preferred because if you are shooting around the edge of cover, as a right handed shooter you'd prefer to peak around a right edge so you expose less of your body, and having the light on that outboard side means the light will be around cover before the muzzle, so you can get light down range around that cover edge fully. If it were on the inboard side of the gun, you'd have to expose more of the gun/yourself around the cover to get the light out there. I typically prefer the 1:30 position, which has the downside of being tough to reach with a thumbcap, so I also use a remote switch with that setup mounted to the top of the rail for thumb activation. |
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I'm a lefty, I typically put it at 10-11 oclock (high on my strong side). As mentioned: -Keeps the right side of the gun slicker for walking around with it slung -Clears a vertical barricade easier shooting around the left side for me -Won't interfere with my weak hand grip anywhere I want to be on the foreend -Puts the shadow down and to my right which is an obscured area for me anyway -Pressure switch at 12:00, and I can always reach over to the backup tail clicker if the remote button were to fail. |
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I noticed that light position as well over the years, often on pics of the guns of guys like delta and I was also curious why they did that when everyone else seemed to be doing 3:00 or 11:00 even with LAMs. They are typically the guys who do stuff for a functional reason and everyone follows then but the light position seemed to be different so I figured it must be a use the rest of us don't have. Attached File  Attached File |
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Originally Posted By D_Man: You see a lot of high speed guy's guns from about 10 years ago setup like that. Likely because it tucks it in, allows activation as you noticed and also doesn't clutter with the LAM mounted up top like you sometimes have with a 1:30 light mount position. As for inboard vs outboard side, the outboard is usually preferred because if you are shooting around the edge of cover, as a right handed shooter you'd prefer to peak around a right edge so you expose less of your body, and having the light on that outboard side means the light will be around cover before the muzzle, so you can get light down range around that cover edge fully. If it were on the inboard side of the gun, you'd have to expose more of the gun/yourself around the cover to get the light out there. I typically prefer the 1:30 position, which has the downside of being tough to reach with a thumbcap, so I also use a remote switch with that setup mounted to the top of the rail for thumb activation. Originally Posted By D_Man: You see a lot of high speed guy's guns from about 10 years ago setup like that. Likely because it tucks it in, allows activation as you noticed and also doesn't clutter with the LAM mounted up top like you sometimes have with a 1:30 light mount position. As for inboard vs outboard side, the outboard is usually preferred because if you are shooting around the edge of cover, as a right handed shooter you'd prefer to peak around a right edge so you expose less of your body, and having the light on that outboard side means the light will be around cover before the muzzle, so you can get light down range around that cover edge fully. If it were on the inboard side of the gun, you'd have to expose more of the gun/yourself around the cover to get the light out there. I typically prefer the 1:30 position, which has the downside of being tough to reach with a thumbcap, so I also use a remote switch with that setup mounted to the top of the rail for thumb activation. Exactly, my IWC mount at the 11 o'clock and PEQ do not fit together so the light ended up at the 4:30. It is kind of out of the way and I'm thinking to possibly add a remote switch. Originally Posted By Daggertt: I noticed that light position as well over the years, often on pics of the guns of guys like delta and I was also curious why they did that when everyone else seemed to be doing 3:00 or 11:00 even with LAMs. They are typically the guys who do stuff for a functional reason and everyone follows then but the light position seemed to be different so I figured it must be a use the rest of us don't have. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/435611/85197_jpg-3831342.JPGhttps://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRQgQcpzG1eVHdzeq3_RebkCR9i1vlVpdqs7OR4_yuNTenoR8PsXmx7o-s&s=10https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/435611/85198_jpg-3831344.JPG Thank you for posting those pictures! That is exactly what I am thinking. What is the function??? lol Side note, that 1-8x is really high up. |
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