It’s a dual baffle comp that vents more gas upwards than downwards to compensate for recoil-induced muzzle rise. The complex appearance of the baffle and port structure is really cool. Previously seen in the AR-15 Muzzle Brake Shootout #2 recoil test.įlawless machining and an extremely consistent and nice black phosphate finish. Solid performance and you probably already, accidently own one(s). If hiding flash is your priority, the ol’ birdcage is always going to be the budget champion. Of course, there’s a good chance that one came on your rifle from the factory. If there’s a FH test #2 in the cards, I suppose I’ll have to tape the focus ring down.įairly standard going rate for a brand new A2 Birdcage style flash hider is about $9. Looks like the blast from the gunshots progressively bumped the focus on my lens, and naturally I didn’t notice until looking at the pictures on my computer later. If you notice the action photos getting blurrier as the test goes on, well, it isn’t in your head. I noted obvious errors and/or complete omissions on many manufacturers’ sites so chose not to use any of their info across the board. All stated weights and dimensions are as measured by me. As you’ll see in the chart below, they were so bright that including them would have completely destroyed the scale of the graph. ^^^ note that bare muzzle, DoubleStar Dragon, Spike’s Tactical Dynacomp Extreme, and Troy Claymore are missing from the graph above. Click here to download the Excel doc with all of the data - Lux reading, weight, length, diameter, and price - for each FH. With all of that said, our flash suppression winner is… drum roll please…Ĭlick any of the charts, graphs, and photographs that follow to enlarge them. With an ambient reading of 0.25, it sure didn’t add much. For example, our winner turned in a result of just 0.31 Lux. The light meter was not “zeroed” out, so all of the Lux readings to follow “include” the ambient light level. For reference, 0.25 Lux is apparently about how bright a 3/4-full moon makes the ground. Thanks to the artificially-lighted environment inside of Sharp Shooting’s range, the light meter read a consistent 0.25 Lux during the entirety of the testing. This was all fired through my go-to upper, which is an Adams Arms complete piston upper with 16″ barrel.Same goes for the light meter, which recorded the peak brightness moment of all three of those shots. This means every photo seen below is actually three gunshots all captured on one camera shot. Three shots of American Eagle 5.56 were fired while the camera’s shutter was open.It was set on “peak hold” to hopefully record the brightest single moment for each FH.
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