TACAV
11-27-11, 14:12
BCM Junkie and I sort of discussed this but I wanted to open this up to the rest here.
And maybe this is a non issue altogether but lets see.
For everyone here that has a light mounted on their SBR whether they be a more traditional weapon light offset mounted or at the 3,6, or 9 o clock or even an X300 at the 12 o clock, how are they holding up in regards to the muzzle blast?
Just looking at the SBR picture thread I've noticed that a lot of people who are not running suppressors have their lights indexing to some length over or just behind the muzzle device. Some people are running flashhiders, some various other brakes or Battlecomps etc.
While surefire builds an outstanding product I cant imagine the repeated concussive extra blast out of a 10.5/11.5" barrel (even more so with a comp) less than an inch away from the bezel of your light is going to be a good thing for it in the long run.
I'm not so much concerned with the lens carbon build up (that cleans off) but I was wondering how everyone else's light setups were taking the abuse. Especially on hard use guns. I like to set up my handguard and light setups to allow me to get as far forward grip as possible and allow me to grip the same or as close to the same with either support hand. This usually means getting the light as far forward as possible too. This for the most part means me having handguards that extend close to the muzzle.
I tried seeing just how far back I would have to stick a 12 o clock mounted X300 and the front folding sight back to get the light bezel at least even with the end of my 11" TRX rail and I did not like it.
This was obviously not a problem on my non NFA carbines but since Ive made the jump it is what it is.
Is this even a real concern or is this a non issue and I'm worrying about nothing?
And maybe this is a non issue altogether but lets see.
For everyone here that has a light mounted on their SBR whether they be a more traditional weapon light offset mounted or at the 3,6, or 9 o clock or even an X300 at the 12 o clock, how are they holding up in regards to the muzzle blast?
Just looking at the SBR picture thread I've noticed that a lot of people who are not running suppressors have their lights indexing to some length over or just behind the muzzle device. Some people are running flashhiders, some various other brakes or Battlecomps etc.
While surefire builds an outstanding product I cant imagine the repeated concussive extra blast out of a 10.5/11.5" barrel (even more so with a comp) less than an inch away from the bezel of your light is going to be a good thing for it in the long run.
I'm not so much concerned with the lens carbon build up (that cleans off) but I was wondering how everyone else's light setups were taking the abuse. Especially on hard use guns. I like to set up my handguard and light setups to allow me to get as far forward grip as possible and allow me to grip the same or as close to the same with either support hand. This usually means getting the light as far forward as possible too. This for the most part means me having handguards that extend close to the muzzle.
I tried seeing just how far back I would have to stick a 12 o clock mounted X300 and the front folding sight back to get the light bezel at least even with the end of my 11" TRX rail and I did not like it.
This was obviously not a problem on my non NFA carbines but since Ive made the jump it is what it is.
Is this even a real concern or is this a non issue and I'm worrying about nothing?