09/04/2026
TRAINING TIP: YOU ARE GOING TO FIGHT IN THE DARK.
Over 70% of shootings happen at night. Almost nobody has ever fired a round in low light, and the ones who have mostly did it wrong.
Three things you can fix today, free, in your living room:
1. STOP LEAVING THE LIGHT ON.
A constant-on light is a target indicator with your name on it. Learn to work in flashes — light, look, move, light again. Never light from the same spot twice. If you can see them, they can see where the light is coming from, and the light is not where you want the rounds going.
2. LEARN ONE HANDHELD TECHNIQUE COLD.
Harries, cheek/neck index, whatever you prefer. Pick one. Run it until you can do it without thinking, in the dark, with cold hands. A weapon-mounted light is not a substitute — you should not be muzzling everything you want to identify. Searching with a WML means pointing a gun at your kid coming down the hall.
3. RUN YOUR GUN BLIND.
Tonight. Lights off, weapon confirmed unloaded, room clear of ammo. Reload it. Clear a malfunction. Find the safety. If you can’t do it without looking, you can’t do it at 2am with your heart rate at 170.
We spend real time on this at camp, on a live range, in actual darkness. There’s no substitute for it. But start tonight with the free version.
What’s your low light technique? Harries, cheek/neck index, FBI, something else? Settle it below.
