Nightstick’s New Dual-Beam Rifle Light Kit

Nightstick, a worldwide leader in weapon lights for four decades, has introduced the new Dual-Beam Long Gun Light Kit to ship in the Spring of 2024. This new light features two independent light streams: one VIS LED for illuminating targets in the dark and one infrared beam for doing the same using night vision.

The Dual Stream light is cataloged as the LGL-180-IR and is a dual-wavelength weapons light meant for your long gun. The light is built with a hybrid dual reflector that works off an IR and VIS LED. The conventional VIS LED projects 1100 lumens of bright white light out at an advertised 229 meters and will do so for up to two hours before exhausting the two CR123 batteries. Alternatively, the 1400mw 940 nm Infrared LED beam projects to the same range with the same battery life but is only visible through night vision.

Switching between the two is as simple as rotating the collar on the anodized aluminum body of the light to either VIS, IR, or OFF. The light has a standard tail cap switch and a reversible thumbscrew Picatinny mount. A six-inch remote pressure pad is included, allowing the light to be used continuously or momentarily.

“Leveraging the success of our LGL-160 long gun light and feedback from law enforcement agencies unsatisfied with the performance of existing IR & VIS WML options available elsewhere, our Engineering Team took on the design challenge and delivered,” says Brian Whalen, Nightstick Marketing Manager for Law Enforcement and Sporting Goods. “The LGL-180-IR’s unique independent reflectors maximize light intensity in the visible and IR spectrums, without sacrificing one for the other. This uncompromising design, not available until now, gives the operator threat identification and confirmation peace of mind, when life depends on light.”

The new LGL-180-IR nominally runs on two CR123 coin batteries, but it is a multi-fuel system and can also use one 18650 lithium-ion battery. These lithium-ion batteries and the compatible charger aren’t included but can be purchased separately. The Dual-Beam is currently available only through authorized Nightstick dealers like GMW.