LIGHTS On Guns:

I have used a light attached (taped) to both a shotgun and a .22" rifle when out & about on farmland controlling rabbit numbers (and when looking for possums up in the trees). The technique works for a quiet evening walkabout and I'm fond of both bunnie-stew and a nice mushroom-&-rabbit pie topped with flaky pastry for a treat with creamy mashed potatoes and sweet garden peas 😃.

Of course most kiwi shooters will likely have been "spotlighting" from the back of a 'ute' .. this can be great on rabbit numbers - and very helpful to the "Cockie" (farmer) who would prefer that his grassland is eaten by sheep rather than by the bunnies eh. - DOC our Department of Conservation reckons that around 7-10 rabbits will eat as much as one ewe.

- Of course rabbits don't generally shoot back ..

That's A Scary Thought Eh.

.. but in my current reading 'STREET WARRIOR' (by Ralph Friedman) about his life as a highly decorated NYPD cop in the seventies - the man questions how you should use a light when searching a dark building for violent armed 'perps'.

He was sensibly taught to hold the flashlight out to one side rather than straight in line with center-mass where an armed gang member might choose the light as an aiming point.

- What I'm getting around to saying is - do you think those rails in front of the trigger-guard are meant for mounting a nice bright modern LED illuminator?

Oh Yeah ? .. Is That Why They're There?

- not sure about that..

Look - I've never worked in Law Enforcement in a high crime area or anywhere else .. but I'd think seriously about it before fixing ANY great lump of anything anywhere onto a carry gun. - apart from the obstructive added bulk & mass - I've no idea where you'd find a suitable holster down here so close to the Antarctic 😙.

I'm just saying eh .. (most annoyingly I'm sure) .. but as I used to tell my wife "I only argue when I'm right". 😎

Marty K.