#WML

If you concealed carry in the modern age, you likely have some accessories hanging off of your pistol – whether it is a semi-auto or revolver. This could be a weapon-mounted light, a red dot up top, or even a laser. Whatever it may be, deploying that extra hardware comes at a cost, and that cost is limited holster options. That is exactly why Falco Holsters went out of their way to fabricate  Optics-Ready, Lightbearing Holster options for all of us.

Building on the success of the original FOXTROT WML but now featuring more power and more versatility, the new SIG Sauer FOXTROT2 Weapon Mounted Light has just been announced by SIG’s Electro-Optics division. The new flashlight boasts 130 more lumens of total light output,13,000 peak candela, and 3 different user-programmable activation modes. The new light is intended for use with the SIG P320 and all of its variants, as well as 1911s, SIG SP2022, P220, P229, P226, MK-25, M17 and M18.

When you start straying away from bone stock rifles without lights and start putting things like IR illuminators, weapon lights, and switches on your gun, cable management can be absolute hell to deal with. Strike Industries has just introduced their new Link Cobra foregrip which incorporates a cable management system allowing for a more streamlined platform that should reduce the risk of your cables getting in the way or getting snagged on things they shouldn’t.

Nightstick is proud to announce its two newest weapon-mounted lights for handguns – the TWM-30 and TWM-30F. Both sporting 1,200-lumen beams and capable of illuminating objects nearly 200 meters away, the TWM-30 and TWM-30F are set to provide the industry with a weapon-mounted lighting solution that is 30% brighter and runs 11% cooler than Nightstick’s previous iterations of their pistol mounted weapon lights.

Company collaborations, just like a song with Timbaland, can lead to some pretty great products. Aside from the people with no respect for safety who shoot blindly at dark shapes in their homes, we all understand the need for a flashlight. Different applications change what kind of light you need. Sometimes a handheld is the way to go, and sometimes you want your light attached to your gun. Are you clearing rooms or carrying it on your concealed pistol? For the latter two scenarios, Blackhawk has collaborated with Streamlight to bring you two lights for use with your Blackhawk holsters. These are the Blackhawk Streamlight TR-7A Flex and TLR1-HL.

About 6 years ago, Adaptive Tactical introduced their EX Performance Forend and Stock for Remington and Mossberg shotguns. The at the time new forend used a high-strength polymer that was equipped with a 2″ section of Picatinny rail so that a light or laser could be attached. Now, Adaptive Tactical has reintroduced a redesigned version of the EX Performance Light Forend that includes a 300-Lumen light powered by two AA batteries.

Notice there are two cross sections that also came with the light marked P and U. P again stands for Picatinny and U stands for Universal. I chose the universal and it worked well for my Glock 19 lower. Add the crossbar as shown and press the mount into place.

When talking about weapon lights, probably the most asked question about lights would be the best rifle light for a defensive AR carbine. There’s no shortage of quality options of WML (weapon mounted lights) on the market but they all have pros and cons whether its size, weight, or brightness. Now don’t get me wrong, I know there won’t ever be a single perfect light for every situation but there are a few different models out there that do a great job considering the size and lumen count.

SureFire had a number of new lights on display at SHOT Show 2019. The XLV2 is probably the most interesting one. It is an all in one WML.

Inforce, a manufacturer of high quality picatinny mounted weapon lights has upgraded their WML line with their new Gen2 WML series of lights. The Gen2 has a redesigned body, along with the switch that operates the lights momentary on or constant on feature. Bear in mind these changes are to be implemented with four different systems the company has, the WML White, WMLx White, WML White/IR, WMLx White/IR. The “x” connotation is longer and takes up two 123A Lithium batteries than the non “x” version. Not included in this article but I’ve heard rumors of a variant of the WML with Keymod attachments instead of picatinny…

This guest post was written by my friend Ryan Houtekamer

Caleb Giddings gives some advice on adding a weapon mounted light and laser on your home defense gun.