{"id":2807,"date":"2014-07-12T13:14:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T17:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2014-07-12T13:14:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T17:14:43","slug":"new-gun-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/new-gun-light\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW GUN LIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Griplight\"<\/a>
\n<\/a>In keeping with the last post here, regarding small self-defense revolvers, let me flag you to something an old friend of mine recently came up with.\u00a0 Roy Huntington spent 20 years as a cop on the mean streets of San Diego, and today is one of my editors. We both started at a time when cops carried service revolvers, and detectives and off duty officers traditionally packed .38 snubs.\u00a0 Handguns with lights attached were not a practical reality.<\/p>\n

Roy has come up with a new product via Hyskore.\u00a0 The Griplight fits any round-butt J-frame Smith & Wesson revolver, replacing the grips.\u00a0 Grasping pressure of the firing hand activates 100 plus lumens of white light, much the way Crimson Trace LaserGrips send out a red aiming beam.\u00a0 Light is more important, IMHO, since it lets you identify your target.\u00a0 To give you half an hour of running time, it uses a CR2 battery which, storing more juice than flat batteries, needs to be put in the butt area.\u00a0 This lengthens the grip accordingly.<\/p>\n

\"Griplight\"<\/a>
Left, with Gunlight installed J-frame 5-shot S&W .357 is similar in grip profile to standard K-frame 6-shot .357, right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This brings grip configuration to about the size of a service revolver with good, hand-filling combat stocks.\u00a0 No longer an ankle holster or concealed-in-the-pocket proposition, but hell, folks of Roy\u2019s and my generation and older have been concealing full-size service revolvers under sport coats and even un-tucked polo shirts in good hideout holsters for many decades.<\/p>\n

On the farm or ranch, open carry is no concern, and the J-frame so equipped carries nicely tucked in the hip pocket or the front pouch of bib overalls; when you\u2019re on your own property, concealment isn\u2019t mandatory.\u00a0 Right now, my test unit is on a Model 340 Military & Police .357 Magnum. The big grips really attenuate the recoil of a sub-fourteen-ounce super lightweight revolver with a full power Magnum load.<\/p>\n

A lot of the vermin that needs to be shot in the countryside can be handled with a .22.\u00a0 I\u2019m thinking seriously of putting these grips onto my sweet old Smith & Wesson .22 Kit Gun, which is more accurate than a 2\u201d barrel revolver has any right to be.\u00a0 The last animals that had to be killed on my rural property \u2013 a rabid fox, and a water moccasin \u2013 were shot with Glocks in calibers .45 GAP and .357 SIG respectively, and both in poor light.\u00a0 A .22 would have been easier on the ears.\u00a0 The white light from the Griplight would have been perfect under those conditions.<\/p>\n

The Griplight is an excellent value, I think, at approximately $130.\u00a0 They can be ordered from another old friend, Bill Laughridge at Cylinder & Slide<\/a>,\u00a0be sure to click on \u201cnew products.\u201d \u00a0A very useful product, designed by one good man who knows his stuff, and sold by another\u2026what\u2019s not to like?<\/p>\n

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The Evil Princess pierces the darkness with white light and orange fire from Griplight-ed S&W.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Griplight\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ultralight S&W 340 M&P at height of recoil; Griplight absorbed recoil of full power Black Hills 158 grain .357 Magnum rounds very well.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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