grnzbra
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The Brady Bunch website is claiming that flash suppressors and muzzle brakes (compensators) are the same. I know they are not, but am not sure of just what the flash suppressor does.
The compensator directs the gasses up in order to provide a push down. This results in a concentration of hot gasses which, in pix shot in the dark, results in a very bright flame straight up in front of the shooter. Seems like this would not only be rough on his night vision but also pinpoint his location.
It seems to me that what happens with the flash suppressor is that by breaking up the gasses and distributing them in radial jets, the suppressor produces several jets of gasses, which are cooled as they escape so that the sum of the brightnesses is less than that of an unsuppressed venting of the gasses. Is this the way a flash suppressor works or is something else going on?
On whom does the flash suppressor have the greatest effect, the shooter by saving his night vision or the guy who is trying to spot him by his muzzle flash?
The compensator directs the gasses up in order to provide a push down. This results in a concentration of hot gasses which, in pix shot in the dark, results in a very bright flame straight up in front of the shooter. Seems like this would not only be rough on his night vision but also pinpoint his location.
It seems to me that what happens with the flash suppressor is that by breaking up the gasses and distributing them in radial jets, the suppressor produces several jets of gasses, which are cooled as they escape so that the sum of the brightnesses is less than that of an unsuppressed venting of the gasses. Is this the way a flash suppressor works or is something else going on?
On whom does the flash suppressor have the greatest effect, the shooter by saving his night vision or the guy who is trying to spot him by his muzzle flash?