When All Other Lights Go Out - Low Light Training with USCCA

I recall way back the day when they shot an annual NRA 2700 pistol matc in Tampa called the Mid-winter Nationals. Normally a 900 Match takes about an hour and a half and a 2700 with 2 relays can take all day. For some reason I don’t recall, the match ran really long and it was sundown before the last relay finished the .45 900. The range had no lights since who shoots an NRA match in the dark? We all pulled cars up to just behind the firing line and the poor last relay finished finally. I’m sure none of us had ever practiced low light shooting for NRA target pistol.

come on over, i have my own rangr PO3 Steven Sherrill

Low/no light shooting is different. If you intend to use a flashlight in your home you need to practice that movement, in daylight. You need to find what's comfortable. Left or right handed, finding the way to hold a pistol and a light and still have the proper grip takes a bit of coordination. Practice it often with an empty or rubber gun. It needs to be second nature before recreating it in low/no light conditions, and even more so for live fire, IMO.
Just my 2 cents.
If you have a weapon mounted light it isn't as big a deal but you need to get an idea what the light pattern is before you need to be in that situation. There are shadows and dark spots depending on the mount and barrel length. Especially an AR mounted light. You get a odd shaped shadow as you move. I won't say penis shaped, but if you have one try it out! You can laugh when you see it. It's OK! Hahaha