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Thread: flash hider/brake choice for indoor HD?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChicagoTex View Post
    I'm more than willing to read "the research" if I can find it, all my google-fu turned up was excerpts and synopses where Grossman acknowledges that auditory exclusion happens. I have been unable to find anything specifically highlighting the physiology OF auditory exclusion.

    Otherwise everything I've found pretty much concurs with my understanding that auditory exclusion is a brain-filtering response. I did encounter one person's writing that claimed that physiological response in a fight-or-flight situation does relax the eardrum muscles some to make it more tolerant of extremely loud noises, but real hearing damage is still very much a possibility.

    Don't get me wrong, I believe firing a few .223s indoors once or twice in your life without ear pro will do little if any noticeable damage, but it is theoretically possible and would therefore be wise to limit report as much as is conveniently doable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeffy View Post
    The greater problem I see is that to use a FH, any FH, you will have to have either a registered AW or a bullet button and a 10rnd magazine. With a brake, you can have a featureless build and use detachable magazines and even your pre-ban high capacity mags. This really handicaps you if you are using an AR for HD. Well, unless you have a registered AW.
    I do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by boltcatch View Post
    You ever fired an AR with no flash hider in low light? Yeah an A2 will work fine in most cases, but you certainly need something that works.
    Only the M16, which of course had an A2 flash hider, dint light up the whole room or anything, sure it was noticeable, but my light pretty much overpowered the flash.

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    It's been my experience that the A2 flash hider actually works quite well - especially since it's either free or about $8.00 brand new.

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    I'm with Katar on this. The A2 is continually underrated as a flash hider when it does a GREAT job especially given it's price point.

    Some of the A2-style brakes suck though. The old Cav Arms comp looked almost exactly like an A2 but it threw hellacious flash since the end was closed in and it only had 3 ports, one of which went straight up through your sight picture.

    I can't believe some people are recommending a Krink brake or the Triple Tap. Those damn things throw flash in the daylight!

    Markm offers a very good point about selecting an ammunition with flash retardant. You'll go from a bright yellow flash to a dull red, which won't mess your eyes up nearly as badly.

    BWT: your hypothesis that having a light on will minimize effects of muzzle flash is correct, but it's a bad idea. To get this affect, you basically have to run with your light on all the time. That is less than preferable in an environment (the dark) where stealth is always a factor. It's almost like yelling at the top of your lungs as you check out your house so the sound of the gunshot doesn't scare you into having a trigger snatch.
    Principles matter.

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    I'm in a ban state also and my carbines have perm attached surefire brakes. I cannot have a flash hider unless my lower is pre-ban (stupid, I know). Am I just screwed or will the flash from the Surefire not be that bad if my 6P is lighting up an the area the intruder is in? Hypothetical ofcourse. I don't have a chance to shoot in the dark to test this out myself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newyork View Post
    I'm in a ban state also and my carbines have perm attached surefire brakes. I cannot have a flash hider unless my lower is pre-ban (stupid, I know). Am I just screwed or will the flash from the Surefire not be that bad if my 6P is lighting up an the area the intruder is in? Hypothetical ofcourse. I don't have a chance to shoot in the dark to test this out myself.
    Another good twist on the original question, since I also have "post ban" lowers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newyork View Post
    I'm in a ban state also and my carbines have perm attached surefire brakes. I cannot have a flash hider unless my lower is pre-ban (stupid, I know). Am I just screwed or will the flash from the Surefire not be that bad if my 6P is lighting up an the area the intruder is in? Hypothetical ofcourse. I don't have a chance to shoot in the dark to test this out myself.
    I know I'm quoting my own question here but noone answered and I'd really like to know as other ban staters would too. This thread was sliding down the charts.

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    How about a set of Supreme Pros and a Vortex?

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    Can't exactly throw on some ear protection in a hurry. Has nothing to do with flash and I can't have a flash hider in NY without a pre-ban lower...which I don't.

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