 Flashlight Techniques, Tips and grips for flashlights and guns |
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 Sep 30 2003, 08:19 PM
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Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916  |
Not really Shadowrun (per se), but more along the lines of interesting tidbits of information for those of you who interject vague, semi-realism in your games.
http://www.strategosintl.com/pdfs/Flashlig...tTechniques.pdf It deals with some of the more common grips for holding a handgun and a flashlight and addresses merits and flaws of each technique. Although I suppose it would fall more under the heading of "small unit tactics". The file is in Adobe, so you need either Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. -Siege |
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Sep 30 2003, 08:32 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
Ahh, the joys of Google and a slow afternoon.
http://call.army.mil/products/TRNGQTR/arti...r/RoomClear.pdf For those of you curious about the finer points of clearing a room during Urban Operations --and you know who you are... -Siege |
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Oct 1 2003, 01:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 224 Joined: 6-April 02 From: ab.ca Member No.: 2,522 |
Isn't that pretty much tantamount to "Roll call!" around here? ;) |
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Oct 2 2003, 03:31 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,832 |
Not to knock down on the article, but isn't that what flashlight attachments are for for guns? My understanding is that you want to point the light where the gun is pointing at all times anyway, so they achieve the same effect, but with the mounted flashlight, you have your hand free (to support your weapon, or other matters. |
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Oct 2 2003, 04:30 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,138 Joined: 10-June 03 From: Tennessee Member No.: 4,706 |
That's a possibility... but what if you fire and miss? Your barrel climbs and suddenly you not only missed, but you've lost the person you were trying to keep in your sights. |
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Oct 2 2003, 04:39 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
That, and the nice 6-cell maglite gives you a good beatstick if someone gets too close.
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Oct 2 2003, 06:20 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
There are various reasons why you might not have a barrel-mounted light.
Most notably cost -- not every cop can afford the extra cash to buy a mount and tac light for his weapon. But the most reasonable answer for most people -- if you have a flashlight out prior to drawing your weapon, you will want to optimize the situation. You won't have time to re-holster the light, nor would you want to drop it, adding to the environmental chaos. Your agency or department might even have regs against weapon accessories (for various reasons). Also, some weapons don't have barrel mounts for lights and other accessories -- either they don't make them for the model of weapon or the weapon itself is incapable of accepting such a mount. -Siege |
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Oct 2 2003, 06:29 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
The last two pages of that guide describe the advantages of using an external flashlight even when you've got a gun-light.
That's a very cool find. Thanks Siege. :) |
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Oct 2 2003, 06:54 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
Happy to oblige.
-Siege |
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Oct 3 2003, 02:48 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 16-August 03 From: Portland Member No.: 5,498 |
Twitch. Twitch. You mean "the file is in PDF," don't you? There is no ".adobe" file format. Twitch. This post brought to you by an Adobe worker bee with a pet peeve. |
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Oct 3 2003, 03:18 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
*snicker* You sound like me and "magazines". But yes, you are absolutely correct -- the file is in pdf format. My mistake. -Siege |
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