tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post1362786047368649832..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Flash hiders...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-17289911657881570142013-01-21T16:03:50.714-05:002013-01-21T16:03:50.714-05:00They should be happy that a MB/FS on the end of th...They should be happy that a MB/FS on the end of the AR barrel prevents attachment of a bayonet, cause bayos make them REALLY scary looking!Cheesynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73063897707673098102013-01-19T00:21:11.304-05:002013-01-19T00:21:11.304-05:00"...I'm getting old but I don't seem ..."...I'm getting old but I don't seem to be growing up."<br /><br />Getting Older is pretty much mandatory (well, preferred anyway); Growing Up is optional.rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81116053225070522302013-01-18T20:54:01.551-05:002013-01-18T20:54:01.551-05:00"Heh. just IMAGINE the terminal bed-wetting i..."Heh. just IMAGINE the terminal bed-wetting if the loons realized those 'flash-hiders' were meant to facilitate launching rifle grenades!"<br /><br />Will a .223 grenade launching blank kick that puppy out far enough that you don't frag yourself?<br /><br />If I can throw the frag farther than the m-4 will launch the thing, what's the point? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58244437720671310472013-01-18T19:44:09.669-05:002013-01-18T19:44:09.669-05:00jf:
I have an 11.5 with the pinned DMPS 5.5 flash ...jf:<br />I have an 11.5 with the pinned DMPS 5.5 flash hider. It will do 1d6 fire damage with the right powder. And has a +2 to hearing damage, too.JD Rushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565824360743868119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21000160373979584402013-01-18T19:33:06.455-05:002013-01-18T19:33:06.455-05:00This whole thing makes me want to buy an 870 with ...This whole thing makes me want to buy an 870 with a bayonet lug and a flash-hider and pimp the hell out of it with Magpul tactical tits on everything.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57940203176946367272013-01-18T19:04:54.695-05:002013-01-18T19:04:54.695-05:00Bayonet lugs? Now we're talking. Some years ag...Bayonet lugs? Now we're talking. Some years ago, I found a combination flash hider/break front sight bayonet lug for my mini 14. Sitting on it's bi-pod with my M7 bayonet attached it looked awesome. I used to have pictures until my last laptop died. <br /><br />Sometime you just have to go with your inner kid. I keep telling the lovely Mrs, I'm getting old but I don't seem to be growing up.Robert Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475193874676131196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83871846457149521752013-01-18T19:01:08.825-05:002013-01-18T19:01:08.825-05:00Pakkinpoppa, I believe you are thinking of the Tac...<strong>Pakkinpoppa</strong>, I believe you are thinking of the Tactical Solutions SBX barrel concept. They make them for 10/22s, and used to (and may still) make .22LR AR-15 uppers for them as well. The former works quite well, from what I understand; the latter works like crap, from personal experience. <br /><br />If someone ever upsized a similar concept to .223, they would not be able to keep them in stock (though that new Sig submachine gun at SHOT Show gets close, with its permanently-attached, mega-long "brake" that coincidentally will also make handy-dandy baffles if you screw a tube over it.) Linogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934002223141355235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15121852567631407172013-01-18T18:31:14.961-05:002013-01-18T18:31:14.961-05:00Just yesterday I was watching "assault media&...Just yesterday I was watching "assault media" on MSNBC phigmetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02121409675538074186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40870919396581916292013-01-18T16:20:55.574-05:002013-01-18T16:20:55.574-05:00That has something to with a shoulder going up, ri...That has something to with a shoulder going up, right?<br />They don't even understand what semi-automatic means, of course they don't get what a flash hider does. It sounds scary so ban it! Ban it all to hell!Jenniferhttp://injennifershead.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85927415283983399572013-01-18T16:14:05.663-05:002013-01-18T16:14:05.663-05:00An assault is just an intimidating act. Like impos...An assault is just an intimidating act. Like imposing, repetitive poses of the President intended to impress and intimidate, "Why he looks so <em>resolved</em> we should back him up!" Or showing pictures of dead children.<br /><br />I like the way Lois McMaster Bujold defines a weapon: What you use to change your opponent's mind. Like using pictures of dead children, or a constipated President, to intimidate Congress into doing what you want, rather than what the the country needs.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57594859903717737502013-01-18T15:20:25.676-05:002013-01-18T15:20:25.676-05:00Tam -- I've noted a difference from behind the...<b>Tam</b> -- I've noted a difference from behind the gun, especially 16" and shorter carbines. Enough flash on a naked or muzzle brake equipped AR to noticeably affect my low light vision. Whereas a decent flash hider (and while you don't need the latest $100 whiz-bang super hider, the $25 - $30 YHM Phantoms are great) significantly minimizes that, unlike the sucky GI flash hiders.<br /><br />Plus, the Sad Pandas don't want me to have one, just like the bayonet lug. So, fuck them -- unless I think the rifle, the way I intend to use it, will be improved with a muzzle brake, I mount an effective flash hider on all my EBRs. (Well, unless it's intended to be as milspec as possible -- a wood stocked AK designed to emulate a Cold War SovBloc AKM doesn't look <i>right</i> with a modern Western flash hider.)<br /><br />Same reason on evil bayonet lugs -- I'm putting a lug on the hunting/precision heavy barrel 20" I'm building because, well, <i>fuck them</i>. Neither the woodchucks, bullseye targets, nor the DNR give a shit if I have a bayonet lug, so it stays.<br /><br />I'm thinking about dropping my "slave name" for "Gunny X". Power to the People. ;-P<br /><br /><b>Robin</b> -- ISTR the same event.<br /><br /><b>Woodman</b> -- As far as I know, the A2 flash hider doesn't do squat to control muzzle rise, although many people swear it does. (Many of the same people have also told me how their favorite caliber will "spin a guy around and rip his arm off" with ball ammo from a handgun. FWIW) There isn't enough direction of gases to do a whole Hell of a lot in that regard, given that teh front end is 100% open with no restrictions. While there will be SOME effect, frankly, so much more of the gas will just escape out the front as to make it practically meaningless.<br /><br />It does (and was designed to) minimize giving away your position by blocking the gases that would kick up dust under the muzzle.<br /><br />Geodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17340718574781403778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-403914963763476892013-01-18T15:10:57.375-05:002013-01-18T15:10:57.375-05:00Tirno...there is a company that makes said item fo...Tirno...there is a company that makes said item for a 10-22...an 11" barrel with a permanently attached tube aboard big enough to house a "can" so as to not also have to register said item as a short barrel rifle.<br /><br />It was in a shotgun news article from last year and I'll be darned if I remember the company name that made it.Pakkinpoppanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13058566524434398422013-01-18T14:48:02.364-05:002013-01-18T14:48:02.364-05:00I can't remember the details, but I have a mem...I can't remember the details, but I have a memory of some outfit getting their flash hider declared legal during that ban or California's by proving that it did not actually work. The flash was the same with it and without it.<br /><br />Maybe someone else can remember what I'm thinking of.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44505612010264859662013-01-18T14:45:53.392-05:002013-01-18T14:45:53.392-05:00Why do those "assault weapon" banners st...Why do those "assault weapon" banners still wear shoes? After all, if you kick someone while you are wearing shoes, the charge goes from "assault" to "assault with a deadly weapon." So, legally, shoes are considered <i>weapons</i> of assault... John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21183007204557060142013-01-18T14:00:46.924-05:002013-01-18T14:00:46.924-05:00My 20" AWB AR has no brake, but it also has a...My 20" AWB AR has no brake, but it also has a ridonkulous heavy barrel with no threads.<br /><br />My M-4gery has a standard A2 birdcage. Big deal.<br /><br />The "retro" I'm finishing up will have a 3-prong, to complement the charging lever in the carry handle...<br /><br />Turns out none of them make a god-damn bit of difference in my everyday shooting, without a brap setting on the lower.<br /><br />The focus on cosmetic features that <i>sound scary</i> reinforces the combination of ignorance and scare tactics that sadly works so well for them...Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83504811471816954172013-01-18T12:56:00.679-05:002013-01-18T12:56:00.679-05:00I don't recall where I found it, but in some A...I don't recall where I found it, but in some Army publication, the A2 "flashhider" is actually referred to as a "brake". This is due to the solid portion at the bottom. That was originally done to limit airborne dust being generated when shooting prone. Then they realized it had an effect on muzzle rise, notably during full auto fire.<br />So, the standard A2 muzzle part should be properly referred to as a muzzle brake, since it performs that function.<br />Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722792638246578812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16249632154397128252013-01-18T12:47:56.398-05:002013-01-18T12:47:56.398-05:00Pointy, bumpy parts: bad.
Smoothy, roundy parts: g...Pointy, bumpy parts: bad.<br />Smoothy, roundy parts: good.<br /><br />The whole argument is bogus and distracting anyways, from what they really want: all power concentrated in the hands of the government. Everything else is flack and chaff.<br /><br />jfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43580548238753196642013-01-18T12:45:22.095-05:002013-01-18T12:45:22.095-05:00The "assault weapon" banning crowd are n...The "assault weapon" banning crowd are not people who let their ignorance of the subject bother them.ProudHillbillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14305205710265854978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54311560586190017092013-01-18T12:25:59.453-05:002013-01-18T12:25:59.453-05:00The only reason gun grabbers want to ban flash sup...The only reason gun grabbers want to ban flash suppressors is because they come standard on an AR-15. What's surprising is they haven't thought to also ban muzzle brakes, which come standard on an Kalashnikov. I'm assuming whatever consultant they hired back in the day didn't bother to tell them the difference.Jumpthestackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962631026096358926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14960677337551082192013-01-18T11:46:58.641-05:002013-01-18T11:46:58.641-05:00Heh. just IMAGINE the terminal bed-wetting if the ... Heh. just IMAGINE the terminal bed-wetting if the loons realized those 'flash-hiders' were meant to facilitate launching rifle grenades! <br /> And what's wrong with you guys? Ain't there any love out there for bayonet lugs?JohninMd.(HELP!!)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29240736718133334442013-01-18T11:42:10.283-05:002013-01-18T11:42:10.283-05:00I've got a Remington youth-model bolt gun in ....I've got a Remington youth-model bolt gun in .30-06 that has a 20" barrel on it. Nice and compact, but the last time I took a deer with it was just after sunset, getting a little towards dusk (that's when the deer normally start to move around).<br /><br />I quite honestly don't remember the recoil or the report when I took the shot, but the muzzle-flash from that short barrel lit up my scope like a flash-bulb. I didn't get back onto that buck until he'd made it to the edge of the clearing, and couldn't take a follow-up shot (which didn't matter, that slug took out both lungs and the heart, and he STILL ran 40 yards into the swamp).<br /><br />Now that would be nice application for a "flash-hider", if they actually worked. Would that make my black-synthetic-stocked bolt gun look "tactical"?Blackwing1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74332209755307381142013-01-18T11:31:44.299-05:002013-01-18T11:31:44.299-05:00Why do the Powers That Be in NY not want you to ta...<i>Why do the Powers That Be in NY not want you to talk to 911????</i><br /><br />They don't want that kind of evidence?<br /><br />Trying to find the logic of gun grabbers is an exercise in futility.fast richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05947715402204312013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80587001360984119152013-01-18T11:17:47.083-05:002013-01-18T11:17:47.083-05:00A pistol grip is a safety feature that allows you ...A pistol grip is a safety feature that allows you to effectively point an AR or shotgun at the door of your bedroom while you use the other hand to hold the phone and talk to the 911 dispatcher .... Why do the Powers That Be in NY not want you to talk to 911????jimbob86noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13028655479570020862013-01-18T10:54:23.962-05:002013-01-18T10:54:23.962-05:00What I want is a flash concentrator. I want my gu...What I want is a flash concentrator. I want my gun to also do 1d6 fire damage when I hit.<br /><br />jfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3730476009722692882013-01-18T10:49:24.375-05:002013-01-18T10:49:24.375-05:00I've been thinking that what I really need on ...I've been thinking that what I really need on the end of my AR-15 barrel is a heat sink. Barrels get hot, you know.<br /><br />So what I need is something that is permanently attached, robust but thin metal, liberally perforated for maximum heat dispersion. It should be about 5.5 inches long, and have an inner diameter of about 1.75", and properly protect some 1/2x28 threads at the end of the main part of the barrel.<br /><br />That way, I can screw a Gem-Teck Trek-T suppressor onto the end of an 11 inch plus 5.5 inch barrel, inside the 'heat sink' and have the whole thing be an overall length of 16.7" long.Tirnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12545609711956034630noreply@blogger.com