Flashlight

[mavrick]

What is the best flashlight to mount on shotgun for home defense?

[scott.str]

Any bright LED that flashes. Constant on flashlights intruders could shoot at the brightest point in the light and on your shoulder thats close to face/vitals

[ElGatoBandito]

Mount a 6 cell mag light and you have a Shotgun/warhammer combo package....

[Avezorak]

I would put a small bright light like the Surefire G2X or 6PX or same size/lumens in another brand you like. You want something that will hold up to the recoil and that is bright!

[Coach W]

Any bright LED that flashes. Constant on flashlights intruders could shoot at the brightest point in the light and on your shoulder thats close to face/vitals

I've always hated the strobe light function on a flashlight. Maybe it's just me but I will take my chances with knowing my surroundings 100% of the time. Unless I'm at a rave. Then I wouldn't need a shotgun.

[BigTex.308]

I would put a small bright light like the Surefire G2X or 6PX or same size/lumens in another brand you like. You want something that will hold up to the recoil and that is bright!

+1 on a quality Surefire light. You need something that will hold up to the recoil of the gun.

Surefire also makes pump shotgun grip/light. I just wish it was brighter.

Both the G2X and the 6Px are great affordable options.


320 lumens, Surefire quality for $60!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009F7J8LQ/ref=s9_simh_gw_p200_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0RE9MR8W3BAPGW8EM4HN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846

500 lumens, Surefire quality, $100

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006NKLRW6/ref=s9_simh_gw_p200_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0RE9MR8W3BAPGW8EM4HN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846

320 lumens, it's a Surefire, $51.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009F7J960/ref=s9_simh_gw_p200_d0_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0RE9MR8W3BAPGW8EM4HN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846

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[scott.str]

I've always hated the strobe light function on a flashlight. Maybe it's just me but I will take my chances with knowing my surroundings 100% of the time. Unless I'm at a rave. Then I wouldn't need a shotgun.

a fast strobe light its honestly hard to tell and you being behind the gun your eyes get used to it. your intruder his eyes cant completely focus.

They also say to turn the light on to see then turn it off again they dont know where to shoot and hard for their eyes to focus

[jhuddleston]

Mount a 6 cell mag light and you have a Shotgun/warhammer combo package....

This^^^^haha, be sure to use black duct tape for a more "Tactical" feel and look....

[Black Ice]

I've always hated the strobe light function on a flashlight. Maybe it's just me but I will take my chances with knowing my surroundings 100% of the time. Unless I'm at a rave. Then I wouldn't need a shotgun.

I wouldn't go to a rave without one lol.

[sir shovelhands]

If your flashlight doesn't light things on fire with 4100 lumens, it's not tacticool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj9Udtkwv4M
*skip to 20 seconds

[Coach W]

I wouldn't go to a rave without one lol.

Definitely take protection to a rave.

[SwampRabbit]

Do you know how to use a flashlight with a shotgun or any other long gun in a home defense situation? I would think the "best" would be determined more by the style you adopt, where, and how you mount it, etc.

For instance, with a handgun, I know there are a lot of different ways to dothe gun/light combo. Mounted - side/bottom. Held - under, side, by the ear, out away, up and over blah blah blah.

What is best, is determined by how you are planning to use it, etc. For instance, with a handgun, I wouldn't mount it. I want to be able to scan the room with the light seperate from the muzzle. Strictly because of that, I would never mount a light to a shotgun, and would only use a shotgun in a situation where I don't need any other additional light beyond ambient. But that is me, and that is my situation and the decision I made in what tactics I will use in defense of my home.