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Posted: 4/22/2016 10:07:47 PM EDT
Do you remove them before going to the range???? I do.Just seems to mall ninja like to have a gun with a flashlight at the range in broad daylight....but maybe I'm not tier 1 enough...
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Do you remove them before going to the range???? I do.Just seems to mall ninja like to have a gun with a flashlight at the range in broad daylight....but maybe I'm not tier 1 enough... View Quote |
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Just got back from the range. Glock 19 with an SureFire x300
Shoot with and without it, since I carry it without a light, but at home it wears it. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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The only time they come off is to replace the batteries. If some Fudd thinks I'm a mall ninja I don't give a fuck. He should get with the times.
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Only my HD AR has a light. It don't see the public range much. Classes and private ranges it goes to mostly, only because I don't want to listen to the fudds.
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The guns with lights only get lights taken off to change batteries. Otherwise they get shot with the lights on, it helps me to know they will still be reliable with the lights attached. I've never seen it myself, but there are old wives" tales about guns that work 100% and then you attach a light and reliability suffers.
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Everything stays on.
I only have lights on my ar-15 SBR, g-19, 870 shotgun. Everything else is bare bones. |
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Maybe I should leave the guns I would actually carry and use at home and just shoot single shot 22s so the FUDDs don't think I'm goofy.
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Actually, I do often remove it to keep the lens from getting CAKED with fouling/powerburn. It's a real PITA to clean.
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Do you remove them before going to the range???? I do.Just seems to mall ninja like to have a gun with a flashlight at the range in broad daylight....but maybe I'm not tier 1 enough... View Quote If you care about image that much when training, you are a mall ninja.... |
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Quoted: Do you remove them before going to the range???? I do.Just seems to mall ninja like to have a gun with a flashlight at the range in broad daylight....but maybe I'm not tier 1 enough... View Quote Of course you leave them on. |
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I'm glad I leave it on. It moved and got loose one day so I was able to fix the issue. Would have sucked if I needed it for the alien invasion.
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As long as you scan for threats you'll be ok. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Train like you would fight So when you go to the range your running around seeking shelter while retuning fire? You don't? As long as you scan for threats you'll be ok. I bet you don't do 100 4 count side straddle hops before stepping up to the line, either. |
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So when you go to the range your running around seeking shelter while retuning fire? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Train like you would fight So when you go to the range your running around seeking shelter while retuning fire? No but I do crouch behind the bench in my banana hammock and fuzzy slippers. |
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And keep the lens of a $300-400 light from getting extra wear and tear when not needed...at least someone get it... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Actually, I do often remove it to keep the lens from getting CAKED with fouling/powerburn. It's a real PITA to clean. And keep the lens of a $300-400 light from getting extra wear and tear when not needed...at least someone get it... For fucks sake. Put a thin coat of vaseline on the lens when you go to the range for day light shooting. Wipe it and most of the fouling off afterwards. Have you actually used your weapon light to practice low light/no light shooting? |
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Have a light on my HD AR and MC Operator. They stay on the firearm unless batteries need changing.
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Actually, I do often remove it to keep the lens from getting CAKED with fouling/powerburn. It's a real PITA to clean. Vaseline. So smear the light with Vaseline rather then loosen 2 flat heads and just take it off...yeah that makes sense |
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My holsters require the lights stay mounted. Rifle lights stay on too.
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No. If I'm going to use a flashlight for HD I leave the weight on my gun to go shoot
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So when you go to the range your running around seeking shelter while retuning fire? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Train like you would fight So when you go to the range your running around seeking shelter while retuning fire? Yeah but it doesn't last very long before I get kicked out because most ranges don't let you shoot in only your underwear. |
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No. I shot both an AR and a pistol today that have weapon mounted lights and I left them on.
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Do you remove them before going to the range???? I do.Just seems to mall ninja like to have a gun with a flashlight at the range in broad daylight....but maybe I'm not tier 1 enough... View Quote I can shoot in my yard, but, for longer than 100 yards, I generally go to the farm ( one field we can shoot is about 800 yards, the other goes to 1500, but I don't shoot that far ) or go to a friend's place that we can get 400 yards. All of those are private places. On the off chance that I go to a public range, I take my guns they way they are set up. I don't care what others think of me, not my guns, my clothes, my fat ass, or me, period. Life is easier if you don't give a shit. Live your life and do as you want. OP, just do what you want to do if it works for you, and the hell with what a stranger that you'll never see again thinks. |
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So smear the light with Vaseline rather then loosen 2 flat heads and just take it off...yeah that makes sense View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Actually, I do often remove it to keep the lens from getting CAKED with fouling/powerburn. It's a real PITA to clean. Vaseline. So smear the light with Vaseline rather then loosen 2 flat heads and just take it off...yeah that makes sense A thin coat on the lens protects it, it will still project light even, if diffused. Without the light attached my handgun fits like shit in my holster, I prefer to use my handgun as I carry it daily. |
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Never thought about taking mine off cause of what someone at the range may think about me. If I ever have to use it it will have the light attached so that's how I practice.
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My x300 looks like hell from practice with my edc. It's pretty melted on the top side.
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Do you remove them before going to the range???? I do.Just seems to mall ninja like to have a gun with a flashlight at the range in broad daylight....but maybe I'm not tier 1 enough... View Quote lol, Delaware. (Sorry, couldn't resist) The lights stay on. No reason to screw with them Quoted:
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Train like you would fight View Quote So when you go to the range your running around seeking shelter while retuning fire? View Quote You don't? View Quote ^ This. You're only going to get so much benefit from just standing around shooting. |
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Yes and no. I don't store some of my weapons with the lights on because I use my Surefires for regular flashlight duties. I leave the mount on, though.
I've fired them with flashlights mounted and detached and I haven't noticed a significant difference in terms of accuracy. |
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I can shoot in my yard, but, for longer than 100 yards, I generally go to the farm ( one field we can shoot is about 800 yards, the other goes to 1500, but I don't shoot that far ) or go to a friend's place that we can get 400 yards. All of those are private places. On the off chance that I go to a public range, I take my guns they way they are set up. I don't care what others think of me, not my guns, my clothes, my fat ass, or me, period. Life is easier if you don't give a shit. Live your life and do as you want. OP, just do what you want to do if it works for you, and the hell with what a stranger that you'll never see again thinks. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Do you remove them before going to the range???? I do.Just seems to mall ninja like to have a gun with a flashlight at the range in broad daylight....but maybe I'm not tier 1 enough... I can shoot in my yard, but, for longer than 100 yards, I generally go to the farm ( one field we can shoot is about 800 yards, the other goes to 1500, but I don't shoot that far ) or go to a friend's place that we can get 400 yards. All of those are private places. On the off chance that I go to a public range, I take my guns they way they are set up. I don't care what others think of me, not my guns, my clothes, my fat ass, or me, period. Life is easier if you don't give a shit. Live your life and do as you want. OP, just do what you want to do if it works for you, and the hell with what a stranger that you'll never see again thinks. It's not an image thing. Or how I look...just if I know it won't be needed.why have it on.....I build and fix BMW race cars for a living so I guess it's just my mind set.....if it's not needed at the time it goes.... |
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by leaving the flashlight on my handgun, i got to find out if it was a piece of shit or not. cheap weapon lights suck
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No.
Fouling is easily removed with a cotton swab and a little solvent. How are you supposed to know whether or not your gun functions with a weapon light attached without shooting it with the light attached??? Not to mention having a consistent weight, recoil impulse, etc. |
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And keep the lens of a $300-400 light from getting extra wear and tear when not needed...at least someone get it... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Actually, I do often remove it to keep the lens from getting CAKED with fouling/powerburn. It's a real PITA to clean. And keep the lens of a $300-400 light from getting extra wear and tear when not needed...at least someone get it... Chapstick on the lense before shooting. |
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My lights stay attached to the firearms they are mounted on 24/7 until it's time to swap batteries.
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Seems pretty weak and pajama-boyish to worry about what other people think of what you've got on your guns.
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So smear the light with Vaseline rather then loosen 2 flat heads and just take it off...yeah that makes sense View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Actually, I do often remove it to keep the lens from getting CAKED with fouling/powerburn. It's a real PITA to clean. Vaseline. So smear the light with Vaseline rather then loosen 2 flat heads and just take it off...yeah that makes sense You sir are a retard. |
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Always leave them on. If the light is going to die chances are it will be because of recoil. I want to know the lights I use can take it.
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rifle lights have always stayed on. never had a pistol with rails until--literally--today (picked up my new CZ this afternoon). it honestly hadn't occurred to me not to practice with the gun in its normal configuration, but i guess the fouling argument makes sense.
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Tim. The OP is a troll and or idiot. Don't mind him. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Actually, I do often remove it to keep the lens from getting CAKED with fouling/powerburn. It's a real PITA to clean. Vaseline. So smear the light with Vaseline rather then loosen 2 flat heads and just take it off...yeah that makes sense A thin coat on the lens protects it, it will still project light even, if diffused. Without the light attached my handgun fits like shit in my holster, I prefer to use my handgun as I carry it daily. Tim. The OP is a troll and or idiot. Don't mind him. Sooooo I'm an idiot because I don't see a need for a flashlight on a sunny afternoon at the range??? |
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