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It's best to have a light in your offhand and hold it out and up police style,
Surefires are bright enough that you can easily illuminate a room by bouncing the light off the floor, ceiling, or walls. So you can keep the gun pointed in a safe direction and still see what you need to see.The problem with tac lights is that they generally require that you point a loaded firearm around (and possibly at things which are non-targets) in order to be of any use.
What is a more modern technique? I tried a couple and stuck with putting the light by my head so it would track naturally. I couldn't get anything two handed to work reliably.FYI, that is an outdated FBI technique. There are several newer more reliable techniques that use modern lights.
A good light can be a formidable weapon in a dark room
But backing up just a minute... if there are no other rooms to be concerned about (kids), it's probably better to stay behind the locked door of your bedroom and let the intruder KNOW verbally that you have a gun, and that you are calling 911. From both a tactical and legal point of view, better he comes to find you (where you're ready for him, and he is forced into the "fatal funnel" of your doorway) than the other way around.
If he then manages to slip out the front door with some of your stuff, so what? That's what home insurance is for. Material things can be replaced - lives can not.
My 2 cents..
FYI, that is an outdated FBI technique. There are several newer more reliable techniques that use modern lights.
A good light can be a formidable weapon in a dark room
Harries seems to work best for me (unless I'm at a left-hand barricade), but there's many techniques to choose from:What is a more modern technique? I tried a couple and stuck with putting the light by my head so it would track naturally. I couldn't get anything two handed to work reliably.
Y'know ... you could always turn the damned lights on.
Harries seems to work best for me (unless I'm at a left-hand barricade), but there's many techniques to choose from:
http://www.surefire.com/maxexp/main/co_disp/displ/pgrfnbr/557/sesent/00
I find it does not work well around barricades. The flashlight sometimes points at the barricade but it is easy and natural to correct.Neck-Index Technique
One of the newest techniques to be developed, the Neck-Index Technique, is the culmination of much experimintation. It is a hands-apart technique in which the flashlight is held in an ice pick grip and the handgun is held in either the strong- or weak-hand. The first published description of this technique appeared in a June, 1994 magazine article by Brian Puckett and, since Americans love nothing more than to pigeonhole things, it was immediately dubbed the Puckett Technique. However, a version of this technique for use with SureFire's compact, powerful lithium-powered lights was taught by Ken Good and Dave Maynard of Combative Concepts about two years prior to the '94 article. Puckett and Good now use the term Neck Index Technique.
Employing the Neck Index requires that the light's reflector is held indexed against the jaw/neck juncture just below the ear, so that it moves in conjunction with user's head, yet blocks little peripheral vision. The thumb is placed on the momentary tailcap switch, if using a SureFire CombatLight, or a finger is positioned on the body-mounted switch, if using an old-style flashlight. For the older, large "police flashlights," the flashlight body is rested on the shoulder, indexed against the base of the neck. For compact, lithium-powered flashlights, the body of the flashlight, or the fist holding it, is indexed against the neck. The weapon is held in any position desired, out of contact with flashlight hand or arm.
An ancillary benefit of the Neck Index Technique is that it utilizes the same basic position as the common method of cops when they interview suspects - resting the light on the shoulder in order to deliver a fast strike if the suspect suddenly becomes aggressive. By employing a similar position, the Neck Index Technique allows an ergonomic, tactical and even psychological benefit. The Neck Index Technique breaks from the trend of hands-together techniques that have been universal since the Harries was first introduced. The goal of hands-together techniques is to steady the shooting hand and keep the flashlight beam aligned with the gun barrel. Good and Maynard's dynamic combat techniques did not require this, and anyone who has tested different techniques in a CQB environment - and not just on the range - will agree that the ability to take cover and shoot bilaterally from around corners more than offsets the putative drawback of the Neck Index's less stability than a hands-together technique.
Did that change primarily due to the availability of very bright but small lights? Just curious what drove the change. I can imagine that it is diffucult to use your "light" hand for support if it is holding a 4 D Cell Maglight.
If only I had that option...You will also realize the best choice is call for K9
I've heard that it's a bad idea. The light basically gives an intruder a good target to shoot at if you haven't aquired him in your light yet. Same with lasers. It's best to have a light in your offhand and hold it out and up police style, then if someone shoots at the light at worst you'll get an arm or hand injury, as opposed to a headshot on you because you were looking down a tac light.
Unfortunately, our schedule (and my allergies) preclude a dog.She works for food