Pistol questions

[Jcordell]

Over the past couple of years it's been nice having the light on my Glock. When doing a building search, walking up to a vehicle where there are no street lights, needing to get a glimpse of what or who might be hiding in a defile where there is no light illuminating it. Then with the light being on my pistol I have a free hand if necessary. I still carry a light on my belt for when it isn't appropriate to draw my pistol and what not,but I have found that light very useful. Like all tools one just needs to understand that it isn't a Magic Bullet. Something we tend to fall prey to in law enfocement.

[SPEMack618]

Having a light on my M-4A1 was super nice in Iraq. Lots of building searches. Lots.

Afghanistan we had better NODs and a lot less structures to clear. So no light.

[Excalibur]

I talked to an older Marine who back in the late 90s knew guys who taped 3 D cell Maglites on their rifles

[SPEMack618]

Pop used hose clamps to put a Mini-Mag on his GAU-5 in Grenada and Panama.

[Excalibur]

This is a good read on what some of the old school Delta guys used once upon a time ago http://soldiersystems.net/2013/11/19...unter-carbine/

[SPEMack618]

The Delta guys, whom Pop always refers to either as passengers or customers, is where Pop and the guys in what was then 1st SOW got the hose clamp idea.

[Jcordell]

See Chuck Heston with his S&W Model 76 and the flashlight clipped onto the barrel in "The Omega Man". That was in 1971.

[Mandolin]

Originally Posted by Jcordell

See Chuck Heston with his S&W Model 76 and the flashlight clipped onto the barrel in "The Omega Man". That was in 1971.

Early 70s/80 attempts to put flashlights and/or lasers on guns tend to be hilarious with just how big and bulky they were.

[Excalibur]

Even older precursor rifle of spec ops is this

http://soldiersystems.net/2015/11/19...1-cqbr-part-i/

If they made this rifle for the COD Black Ops game, it would have been more authentic