That's funny, I was just watching that. I just discovered their channel a week or so ago and they have absolutely the best light testing content I have ever seen. I would say it is light years ahead of anyone else.
That is something I have also been looking at is pricing out what its like to have holsters made. I am not a big fan of kydex and have almost always used leather, so it looks like im going to have to have one custom made especially because I am left handed to.THIS ^^^ is a great point too and one often overlooked. The further you get away from Surefire or Streamlight rail mounted weapon lights, the harder it is to find holsters.
I am usually out all the time on the weekend's night and day thats why I was looking into them. I carry a pocket light for simple stuff but would prefer to have something mounted to my firearm so I don't have to mess with trying to hold a flashlight in one hand and trying to aim with the other if that scenario ever arises which I hope and pray it doesn't but i would rather have it and not need it then need it and not have it.A lot of it is influencers I feel like, a comped gun with a X-300 or Modlight is the current hotness on Instagram TBH. Lights generally limit your holster availability severely , and honestly I feel personally don't offer much use to myself personally outside of a HD role generally. But I don't spend a lot of time outside in the dark either.
Thats how i was thinking would i use it most likely not and hopefully not but just like you said i would rather have it and not need it then need it and not have itHow often will a CCer actually use a WML in a self-defense capacity? I don't know. It's probably less likely than having to actually draw the gun, but I've never had to do that either.
Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. If I do need to light something up and potentially shoot it, I'd rather be able to keep two hands on the gun than try and hold a flashlight and shoot.
Of course there are entire threads dedicated just to this topic, so I'll leave it at that for now.
Thats very imformative and i appreciate it and yes I have been looking at G17 and G19 mostly, I am most likely looking for something that is going to stay flush with the end of the barrel. I have looked through a few holosuns and like them, and with holster i am most likely going to have one custom made because i am not a big fan of kydex so leather is what i usually go for and im left handed.You don't know me, but I’ll still share my stance for the sake of context: A handgun is not ready to carry until it has a light and night sights, and the red dot is user choice, and with a dot is the only way I carry, these days. I carry every minute I am awake. I stay up late and my wife talks me into nighttime neighborhood walks, and those include our sub 1 year old child. I'm 250 pounds and drive a tight-fitting car. If I still drove a full size pick up without bolstered seats, I would likely carry differently.
By "full size" I would imagine you mean G17 or larger. That puts you into the SureFire X300 or Streamlight TLR-1 categories. The SureFire's are often faked, so pay attention to that. The SureFire is rock solid. The TLR-1 feels awesome mounted to the gun, but the switching is not to the same level as the SureFire. If someone is obsessed with carrying a SureFire X300, they should go direclty to the G34. When you start talking holsters, why not have as much light and gun as you can carry. No reason for one to be longer than the other. I have the G17 w/X300 and wish it was a G34.
A G19 or G45 with Streamlight TLR-7a is an amazing setup. Flush on the end of the gun and matches my opinion that lights and guns of the same length are the best way to maximize holster space. I have owned four SureFire XC-1b lights and all four of those have become TLR-7a lights.
I carry pretty much every moment I am awake and that is often until midnight. Most of my errands are run later in the day and it is Indiana so we have plenty of days where it is dark at 5pm or 6pm.
For red dot sights, decide if you like to buy American and government contract priced, or if you are okay buying foreign. American is Trijicon RMR, and foreign is Holosun.
I avoid MOS guns from Glock and send everything to BattleWerx, where the RMR/Holosun cut is maybe $130 by the time you are done with shipping. I use black primer spray paint over the machining and have not seen a sign of a problem
If you want to know anything about red dot sights, go to youtube and look up SAGE Dynamics for everything you need to know. There will be no reason to look for other reviews.
Holsters matter to me. I have had zero issue finding holsters for G19/45/17 with the X300, TLR-1, TLR-7a, and XC-1b. More context, this is with the G17 and long lights, and the g19/45 with the short lights.
I have the same problem with holster also being left handed and the real kicker is liking leather over kydex so i have come to the conclusion that no matter what set up i go with that i will have a custom made holster to fit what i buy.Yes to your last question for me, but I do not use a WML on any handguns except my nightstand gun. All of my rifles have them. I don't see the need for a WML for armed citizens. Heck, Tom Givens even argues you don't need night sights and his students encounters would back that up. Part of me is still tempted but being a lefty finding holsters can already be problematic then add a light. If I was going to mount one it would probably be a smaller one like a TLR7.
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...And for ME: IF you're going to put a WML on a life-saving device, I want a great deal many lumens and candela. 1000L minimum for ME - IF I carry a WML at all.
This is easily mitigated by pointing the light at the ceiling or the floor and lighting up the room with the ambient light. I've done plenty of night time low-light room clearing drills at home with both rifles and pistols without much issue. All my walls are white.Something to keep in mind, for WML's and also hand helds (what we should be searching with, rather than gun muzzle.) Crazy bright lights can be blinding to the operator inside the house.
My house is small, with white walls. Much over 500 lumens in the pitch black and the reflexion can kill my instant ability to identify the target.
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This is easily mitigated by pointing the light at the ceiling or the floor and lighting up the room with the ambient light. I've done plenty of night time low-light room clearing drills at home with both rifles and pistols without much issue. All my walls are white.
I know this will fall on mostly deaf ears, if you are going to carry a WML it would really behoove you to take a low light class or two. Even better, low light FOF. (Meant as general you not specific, you).Thanks. I've heard this before. That brings the next question though.
Even though you can avoid blinding yourself, using ambient light, what happens when you actually have to level your weapon? Do you want to save the blinding for then?
Especially in and around doorways, which are always involved, you aren't really jumping out to expose yourself to separate your leveled weapon from bright reflection. Let alone inadvertent unintentional lighting up of something that is your cover.
After taking a low light class and practicing in my own home, I honestly consider it a non issue. This idea that you're going to disorient yourself seems to me at least to to be much more internet mythology than reality.Thanks. I've heard this before. That brings the next question though.
Even though you can avoid blinding yourself, using ambient light, what happens when you actually have to level your weapon? Do you want to save the blinding for then?
Especially in and around doorways, which are always involved, you aren't really jumping out to expose yourself to separate your leveled weapon from bright reflection. Let alone inadvertent unintentional lighting up of something that is your cover.
I know this will fall on mostly deaf ears, if you are going to carry a WML it would really behoove you to take a low light class or two. Even better, low light FOF. (Meant as general you not specific, you).