Tactical Glock 17 shooting questions

[Boris]

double......................

[Boris]

Originally Posted by Regular Joe

There is a rule in gun fights and on internet forums, Boris: Don't pick fights with people who know what they're doing.

I like your spunk. The internet is not where I do my fighting. No fights from me here. This 'people' on the other end of your computer knows what they have done. Currently I only shoot at the range to relax, keep a house gun and carry when I leave home. Doubt I will ever need to apply my skills I got from on the job training in real life.

I think I just peed my pants, now you can claim to have made someone pee on the web in a 'gun fight'

p.s. Are you that 42A I ran into at JBB that told me his unit was issued M4s in 6.8 because they see so much action they were chose to field test them? Now that guy knew EVERYTHING about guns and fighting with them, he even told me........

[johnlives4christ]

LOL

[fcs25]

Remember that a light on your weapon also shows the bad guy exactly where you are and gives him a target to aim at.....the light,which means you are an easier target to hit...hit the light...hit you.

[Boris]

Originally Posted by fcs25

Remember that a light on your weapon also shows the bad guy exactly where you are and gives him a target to aim at.....the light,which means you are an easier target to hit...hit the light...hit you.

Remember that firing three, five, ten rounds off into the dark and not hitting a single vital area, or missing with every round fired will also give your position away. You still wont even know what you are shooting at too. Sounds like a plan to me..

[CampingJosh]

Originally Posted by fcs25

Remember that a light on your weapon also shows the bad guy exactly where you are and gives him a target to aim at.....the light,which means you are an easier target to hit...hit the light...hit you.

If your light shows where you are, you got a crappy light. A bright light is temporarily blinding. It gives away about a 45 degree angle that the bad guy knows you are somewhere inside. It's not a target; it's an area.
It only lasts a couple seconds, yes, but if you can't neutralize a recognized threat that you're already pointing a weapon on in less than a couple seconds, you may need to choose a different weapon.

Too many people use Maglights, etc. as though they were tactical lights. Even the lower end Surefire lights aren't bright enough (in my opinion). I always opt for 100 lumens or more.

But I don't use weapon-mounted lights. I like handheld lights.

[Boris]

But I don't use weapon-mounted lights. I like handheld lights.

Me too. Right now I use a 6P with a 120 lumen lamp in it or a LED with 85 lumens. I had a bump in the night a couple months ago and the 120 lumen light made me squint when I did use it. 85 lumens seems to be pretty darn bright but I do want to get a brighter LED handheld. Now that I know what the 120 is like. I want a 110is lumen LED. Maybe for xmas........

[CampingJosh]

Originally Posted by Boris

Me too. Right now I use a 6P with a 120 lumen lamp in it or a LED with 85 lumens. I had a bump in the night a couple months ago and the 120 lumen light made me squint when I did use it. 85 lumens seems to be pretty darn bright but I do want to get a brighter LED handheld. Now that I know what the 120 is like. I want a 110is lumen LED. Maybe for xmas........

One thing worth noting:

If your house is painted in dark colors, your light will be bright to the person/people it is being shined on without being bright to the person holding it. I have one hallway that is a bright white, and if I use anything brighter than a Maglite in there, I can't see much. Too much light shining back.

Rest of the house, though, is mostly blue, green, yellow (changing every day; the wife is still painting stuff).

[Boris]

Originally Posted by CampingJosh

One thing worth noting:

If your house is painted in dark colors, your light will be bright to the person/people it is being shined on without being bright to the person holding it. I have one hallway that is a bright white, and if I use anything brighter than a Maglite in there, I can't see much. Too much light shining back.

Rest of the house, though, is mostly blue, green, yellow (changing every day; the wife is still painting stuff).

Duly noted my man!!

edit: I went through it a few nights later and found shining the cieling did not seem as bright to me, but have no clue what it does on the other end. Maybe I can have the wife shine it at the cieling while I stand and see how much it blinds doing that.......

[Regular Joe]

Good response, Boris, for what one can expect. I was Navy, so never dealt with any rifle but the M-14. That's what we should be "testing" in Afghanistan.
I don't know why you have to say some of the things you do, but that's on you.
Something that makes it hard for everyone here to be on the same page is that we all consider only our own circumstances and experience. For those of us who are able to escape to wide open spaces, I think it's a good idea to practice point shooting. A good drill is to have a friend stand behind you, and toss a rock at a random place, about 10 yards from you. How fast can you determine where it hit, and land a shot very near that place?
What's the deal with strobing gun lights? Does it cause the bad guy to take longer to adjust/regain his vision?

[CampingJosh]

Originally Posted by Regular Joe

What's the deal with strobing gun lights? Does it cause the bad guy to take longer to adjust/regain his vision?

I have no idea who came up with them, but I don't want one. Even when I'm standing on the back side of a strobe light, they disorient me a bit. I want to disorient the bad guy, not myself.