#Flash hider vs muzzle brake photo full

For the largest cartridges.50 cal comes to mind. One thru the bore sized exit in the center of the device, and smaller blasts from each of the smaller exhaust ports surrounding the bore port, or muzzle, of the device.Īnd the Grand Daddy. So you've got two separate impulses, albeit micro-milli seconds apart. If you can visualize this, gases are metered from the muzzle device immediately outside the barrel where the muzzle device is attached, and directed thru channels to be released in a ring of porting adjacent to the muzzle. The forward (linear) venting is the most interesting, and possibly the least effective, but the easiest on other nearby shooters. Some vent vertically to keep the muzzle down, Later, we had the new improved birdcage design. I witnessed a car window explode from a muzzle device blast even though the car was a safe distance from the firing line.Įarly Vietnam era flash hiders were three prong. There are some muzzle devices that are absolutely punishing, as the blast and concussion are redirected to people and things not intended to withstand such a concussion. Here's one of many videos showing the effects of different muzzle devices.Īnd as I always say, there's no free ride. There are some combination flash hiders and muzzle brakes that do both. Some flash hiders calm the blast and recoil impulse a little, and some muzzle brakes calm the flash a little. Muzzle brakes can be very effective at reducing recoil. There are some after market flash hiders that are far more effective.Īnd muzzle brakes, they minutely change the timing of the muzzle blast, so instead of one big blast thru the muzzle, they brake up the blast to allow the blast to escape in different directions simultaneously, and/or they change the timing of the blast so it doesn't all happen at once. They may change the flash pattern, but again, very ineffectively. The standard flash hiders do a very poor job of diminishing a flash.

#Flash hider vs muzzle brake photo full

At night time in full auto, the flash can completely obscure the target. I've shot many rounds in dark or low-light conditions.