At what position should I mount my light.

[Mountie]

I have a Surefire 6P I want to mount to my XCR but I am not sure which position (using the o'clock method) I should mount it.  I use a verticle foregrip (Troy) and I plan to use a tail cap without a pressure switch. 

Any thoughts?

Thanks all!

Mountie

[DSM]

Depends on if you grip that VFG like a broomhandle (your thumb wrapped around it) or use a thumb break (your thumb on the support side) method.

FWIW, the logic we were taught was to mount it at 3 o'clock (if your right handed, vice versa for southpaws).  No matter what grip you used it pretty much mitigated an accidental discharge of the light.  It also put the light on the outside of the weapon so that if it drew attention (like a bright ass light often will) it increased the chances of anything coming your way to go wide and miss you.  For when you are stepping and fetching for cover, like a low crawl or any other movement reaffirming your love of your Earth mother, you usually have that side of the weapon facing up so less chance to snag on stuff or get caked up with a lot of gunk.  Big downside is that now you really to unmask to shine around cover on your support side.

I'd say practice with it until you find a position that works consistently for you.  You don't want to be awkward to get to and/or use. 

[Benjamin Kurata]

6:00.  Half the vertical cover available in the world will open on your dominant side, half will open on your non-dominant side.  6:00 is "cover neutral".  And yes, practicing transitions to shooting off your non dominant shoulder is a useful skill.

Buy a good quality 1" Weaver ring.  That's all I've ever used.

[jon1371usmc]

Whatever feels comfortable. You can always train around any disadvantages. Benjamin Kurata gave some good advice and insight when placing the light on anything other than the 6 and 12 o clock positions. Shooting around cover from your weak side with the light either requires you to lean out from cover and expose more of yourself so that when you activate the light it doesn't blind/backlight you or twist the rifle gangster style to make sure you have cleared your cover.

With the six o clock position you don't have to worry about it as much. I have trained both ways with the lights mounted either on the 3/9 rails or 6/12 rails. Just find what works for you and Make sure you are aware of any pitfalls from that technique and train for them 

[Dynamo55b]

Its a light.......