I will most certainly defer to your training and experience.Excaliber wrote:There are differing schools of thought on this.Oldgringo wrote:The two-handed room sweep motion places the gun in the COM - your COM. why would you want to light up the BG's target with a gun mounted beacon?
BTW, IANAL or a LEO or a Batman aspirant. I'm just an older guy trying to get along with everybody (well, almost everybody) and live out my days in harmony with nature and my SA 1911 LW Compact.
I don't personally believe that a street wise bad guy is going to buy that he's being approached by an 8 foot tall cop holding a flashlight in front of him when an officer uses the "high and to the left" light technique. He's going to do what they teach in prison: Aim 2 1/2 feet below and 18 inches to the left of the oncoming light.
It's also physically quite difficult to coordinate using a flashlight high and off to one side of the body and shooting with the other hand. Try it some time in a force on force situation to get the feel for just how much fun this is.
I go with the "simpler is better" theory, and usually use the Harries technique with the light held parallel to the gun barrel in combination with a "flick on / shoot if needed / move quick" method. It works for me and the "non syringe" type SureFire lights I usually carry.
Your choice of flashlight will also place some limitations on the available techniques. The link above also illustrates some of the other options some folks use. Note that some techniques work best with tailcap activated lights like the Sure-Fires, and others work best with lights that have the switch on the barrel just behind the head like the Mag Lites.
Me, I'm headin' to the 'high lonesome' when the lead starts flyin'...if not sooner.
