![]() ![]() I found that my little Olight really lights up the target beautifully, but in order to activate the light I have to break my grip and really rock my support hand forward. I've dry fired with the Olight, but while dry fire is great for practicing fundamentals, I needed some live rounds through. Once everyone was done shooting, I attached my Olight and just plinked off a few rounds. I don't have a holster that will accommodate a WML, but I have a really nice Olight that I wanted to try out. It was ugly, but I learned a couple of important lessons: 1) don't make a last minute gear change (that should be obvious), and 2) commit to turning on/off the light instead of just using my thumb as a momentary on switch. By this time, I'd remembered to fully depress the on/off button and let go, so my last few targets were easier to shoot. That was okay, at least the light stream was steady. When I lit up my next set of targets, I'd cycled to medium power. But did I remember to definitely turn on and off the light? No, because why would my brain work when it needed to? I said bad words and took my shots anyway. I did okay for my first two targets, but when I went to light up my next two, suddenly I had a strobe light. Failure to do so, or keeping the button depressed with my thumb will start it to cycle. What I forgot about the Anker is that it has variable settings and that in order to keep it from cycling through the settings, I had to press the button to turn it on and then let go. I've been practicing with the Anker at the range, since that's what's in my bag, so I thought it would be fine. When it was my turn to run the stage, I slipped the Anker into my carrier and threw my Streamlight in my bag. I thought it was too short, so I decided to swap it out for one of the Ankers that I usually just keep in my bag. ![]() At twilight, I used the Streamlight I keep on my belt to look at something downrange and decided I didn't like the throw. I knew we had some cool stuff planned, so I was pretty excited about tonight's range time. Streamlight ProTac HL-2 Streamlight Microstream USB Rayovac "The Beast" Bolder by Anker (x2) Any time Greg Ellifritz or Dustin Ellermann posted about a new light, I had to buy it. Thanks to the Year of the Lumen (2018), I have a few to choose from. Seemed like a good time to make sure everything was ready. I dug out all of my flashlights and spent last night/today charging all of my lights. This quarter's training is shooting in low light. ![]()
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