Help with Weapon Mounted Light

[Parrothead]

All,

 

I was wondering if you could assist me with a issue i ran into while doing a defensive walk through at my new (to me)  house. I have recently switch to a G21 with a TLR-1 as my primary home defense gun. I'm pretty committed to a handgun due to the layout of the house. Anyway, while working through things at night, i noticed the use of my light would cause me to temporary loose my night vision. I think this is due to the light colored walls in the majority of the rooms. The gun has night sights but i was really hoping to use the light effectively. Has anyone else ran into the issue? How can i overcome it?

 

Please resist the urge to advise me to repaint the house--that ain't happening.

Edited July 31, 2013 by Parrothead

[Peace]

How 'bout it, guys that have trained for low-light?  

 

I'm all ears too...

[gjohnsoniv]

Bright light will hurt your night vision, not anything that I'm aware that you can do to train yourself to not be affected. Put a red filter on? Maybe go pirate style and close an eye lol. Edited July 31, 2013 by gjohnsoniv

[MiddTennTaco]

All,

I was wondering if you could assist me with a issue i ran into while doing a defensive walk through at my new (to me) house. I have recently switch to a G21 with a TLR-1 as my primary home defense gun. I'm pretty committed to a handgun due to the layout of the house. Anyway, while working through things at night, i noticed the use of my light would cause me to temporary loose my night vision. I think this is due to the light colored walls in the majority of the rooms. The gun has night sights but i was really hoping to use the light effectively. Has anyone else ran into the issue? How can i overcome it?

Please resist the urge to advise me to repaint the house--that ain't happening.

Paint.

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[c.a.willard]

running a filter on it will help reduce that to a certain degree.  so would running a light that isn't as bright.  The down fall with both of those is you loose a little bit of the disorienting effect that the light has on the bad guy.

 

If you have good night vision as it, you shouldn't be relying on the light until you are reasonably sure you know where the bad guy is. At that point you should either be leaving the light on or turning every light in the house on.  there isn't much reason to go back to darkness once you've found the threat.

 

There are some things you can do with your home lighting to give you the better tactical advantage as well.  For me i leave a small light on in my washer dryer area.  This provides very dim illumination to the living room and kitchen area and will still silhouette a person in the hall way.  I leave the rest of my house blacked out.  Basically add just enough light to silhouette the BG throughout their likely avenues of approach while leaving your avenue of approach to high threat areas a dark as possible.   Your pistol light should only be used to illuminate a threat for final target identification and shoot/don't shoot decision.

 

 

For one person home defense i really do not suggest attempting to clear your entire house.  Clear forward just far enough that your family is safe behind you and establish a solid defensive position at that point.  Single person room clearing is the most difficult and dangerous type of room clearing there is and although knowing the area offers you some advantage it is still not preferable. 

 

Hope this was somewhat helpful.

[Guest kcb37]

I would agree what you don't what not hear paint that will not reflect so much would be the best option.

A filter probably what I would suggest. 

But like c.a.willard said if you can see, and can have a setup like his so you will have a silhouette then you are "invisible" to the perp until your ready to blind and neutralize them.

 

You have to look at it this way.  More then likely you will be alone.  (yourself, wife, kids, girlfriend)  We are not LEO's, or Military with a team to clear the house, not giving away your location or even giving the perp an idea you are awake waiting/moving is your best defense.

[Spurholder]

OP, take a few minutes and read through this.  The technical stuff is somewhat dated (e.g., references to specific lumens, etc.), but the TTP's mentioned are still viable:

 

http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=16114\

Edited August 1, 2013 by Spurholder

[Spurholder]

Your pistol light should only be used to illuminate a threat for final target identification and shoot/don't shoot decision.

As they say in Amarillo, "winner, winner, chicken dinner."