How Do You Use a Gun, Weaponlight & or Flashlight?

By Tom McHale

By Tom McHale

USA –-(Ammoland.com)- Technology has really fouled up some of the classic gun handling techniques.

Back in the day, if you had to do scary gun stuff like investigate bumps in the night, you had a flashlight and a gun. You could use the flashlight however you liked, with little risk to anyone except the dog. If you had to shoot, you could draw or raise your gun and do that with your other hand.

To figure out ways to carry and fire a gun making the best use of both hands, enterprising gun folks developed a variety of techniques to use the light and gun together.

Those goals were basically:

• Use the flashlight to navigate and search.
• Be able to search without pointing the muzzle of your gun at unknown people or things. That’s considered rude by lots of folks.
• Be able to fire your gun without dropping your flashlight on the ground.
• Depending on the technique, you might even be able to shoot with two hands on the gun for more control, while still holding the light and keeping your …Read the Rest

  Source:: AmmoLand