Someone said to me recently, as I was shooting an HK 91, "Do you know what those notches are for on the outside edge of the flash-hider?" I replied that, indeed, I did not. He said, "They are there to allow the gun to be put up against a strand of barb wire, so that the bullet would be perfectly lined up, and this would allow one to cut the wire by firing."
At first I thought, hmm, well, the geometry of it all seems reasonable. Then I saw in an AR 15 forum (I think) that similiar grooves in flash hiders are there merely to provide an easier way to remove the hider, i.e. putting a small tool across the grooves to twist off the hider.
What do you all think?
At first I thought, hmm, well, the geometry of it all seems reasonable. Then I saw in an AR 15 forum (I think) that similiar grooves in flash hiders are there merely to provide an easier way to remove the hider, i.e. putting a small tool across the grooves to twist off the hider.
What do you all think?