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    Quote Originally Posted by newyork View Post
    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.
    I think you will likely be good to go, man. You REALLY should go out to a range somewhere that allows you to shoot at night, well after the sun goes completely down, and test out your primary HD carbine. Shoot it without the light activated, and with the light activated. Also definitely try different types of ammo, as ammo DOES make a huge difference in muzzle blast and flash.

    If it's ALL really bright, and if your light isn't enough in your judgement to nullify* the brightness of the muzzle flash, then you might want to get an actual weaponlight, such as a Surefire X200, X300, M300 Mini-Scout, etc... basically one that's a lot brighter (I have no experience with what you're running right now, I'm just making the assumption that the weaponlights I listed would be brighter).

    * Not sure if I used the word "nullify" in the right context here, LOL

    You should WATCH THIS VIDEO I MADE recently of my Surefire MB556K brake being used on my BCM 14.5" mid-length at night outside in the dark. Ammo being used was PMC 55gr FMJs, and the flash isn't all that bad. The second half of the video is me firing my Surefire suppressor to see the difference between unsuppressed and suppressed fire at night or in low light situations, which is actually the point of the video.

    Hope this helps. If not, let me know if I can explain something else in better detail for you.
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    Thanks a lot RH! Exactly what I needed to hear. Doesn't seem to be too much flash there. I shoot Prvi 62 gr M855 clone ammo for the most part. I have some 75gr too. I'll have to search out a range I can use at night. Guess I'm buying a couple lights. As if I'm not spending enough already. Aaaggghhhh!
    Thanks again brother.
    Rich

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    Quote Originally Posted by RetreatHell View Post
    I think you will likely be good to go, man. You REALLY should go out to a range somewhere that allows you to shoot at night, well after the sun goes completely down, and test out your primary HD carbine. Shoot it without the light activated, and with the light activated. Also definitely try different types of ammo, as ammo DOES make a huge difference in muzzle blast and flash.

    If it's ALL really bright, and if your light isn't enough in your judgement to nullify* the brightness of the muzzle flash, then you might want to get an actual weaponlight, such as a Surefire X200, X300, M300 Mini-Scout, etc... basically one that's a lot brighter (I have no experience with what you're running right now, I'm just making the assumption that the weaponlights I listed would be brighter).

    * Not sure if I used the word "nullify" in the right context here, LOL

    You should WATCH THIS VIDEO I MADE recently of my Surefire MB556K brake being used on my BCM 14.5" mid-length at night outside in the dark. Ammo being used was PMC 55gr FMJs, and the flash isn't all that bad. The second half of the video is me firing my Surefire suppressor to see the difference between unsuppressed and suppressed fire at night or in low light situations, which is actually the point of the video.

    Hope this helps. If not, let me know if I can explain something else in better detail for you.
    Nice post, dude. Good lookin' out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newyork View Post
    Thanks a lot RH! Exactly what I needed to hear. Doesn't seem to be too much flash there. I shoot Prvi 62 gr M855 clone ammo for the most part. I have some 75gr too. I'll have to search out a range I can use at night. Guess I'm buying a couple lights. As if I'm not spending enough already. Aaaggghhhh!
    Thanks again brother.
    Rich
    No problem, man.

    Hey I forgot to add that in the video I linked, I know the muzzle flash doesn't look too bad, and it wasn't with that PMC 55gr, but that was just to demo what some ammo does when show out of a 14.5" bbl with a SF brake mounted on the end. Your hotter loads will definitely be brighter.

    Anyhoo, you'll just have to see what ammo works best for your personal application.


    As an aside, the ammo with the loudest bang and concussion, and the brightest and biggest flash to come out of my BCM 11.5" SBR with the Triple Tap brake was Hornady 40gr V-max, believe it or not. Good God that shit was like a flashbang going off right in front of my face every time I pulled the trigger on the night I fired off a half mag of it! I was confused at first, because I assumed that the much smaller grain, used for varmint hunting, would be weaker altogether. But after doing some thinking about it, I realized that there's a lot more powder in those rounds than the Wolf ammo I was mainly shooting that night. Since it's a 40gr bullet, they can fit more powder in there because of that, and more powder is also added so that the small projectile can reach very high velocities which helps kill the smaller varmints that round's designed for. At least that was my understanding of it and seemed to make sense to me and my friend anyways.
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    Paul

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    Thanks again Paul.

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