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    Quote Originally Posted by generic
    Does anyone notice any real difference between the original KFH and the KX3? I've been running a couple of KFHs for over a year now and love 'em.
    Just weight and looks. The real early KFHs had the removeable cone made out of a different material and it would errode fairly quickly.
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    I think it's mainly the weight.
    John seems to have discontinued the KFH, or at least he has pulled it from his website.
    From looking at both of them, the KX3 is less expensive to make, so it's a given that you would only produce something that's lighter AND less complex to make.
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    Oh, well. I have four of the KFHs in the safe, so I guess I won't need any KX3s for a while. After seeing one disassembled, I was sure the ATF was going to make them Class 3. Win a few, lose a few....

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    The short barrels may benefit more from the KX3 just 'cause they're louder to start with, but doing side by side noise comparos using 16" barrels, the dif is still worth having just from the standpoint of saving your hearing if you, for example, have to jump out of a squad car and start blazin'.

    The KFH is totally discontinued and superceeded by the KX3.

    I've done night shooting flash suppression comparos twice using the KX3, Phantom, A1 and A2 bircages, the Vortex and what I tongue-in-cheek call the Vortex "K", my personal one that'sbeen shortened about 5/16". The Vortex is the flash hiding king, always. The others are usually pretty even for second, including the KX3. But two tests don't really tell enough, especially since test one showed the Phantom working darn good and in test two not very good at all. All tests were with XM193 and the results were judged by a brave downrange panel of experts..... well, 50 yards downrange and 25 to the side.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat_Rogers
    The amount of flash is sometimes related to how clean/ dirty the Krink is. We had the oppurtunity to run some at night in F/A, and it looked like a sparkler. Having said that, there was a lot of crap inside the Krink, and the speculation was some of it was heading downrange.
    Also understand that certain brands/ lots of ammo may increase/ decrease flash, regardless of what you have on the end of your stick.
    Remember that there are several target indicators, and your movement may be the biggest one.
    The KX is not what i would put on the end of a sniper rifle, DMR, SPR or the like.
    Like Shivan and burrito, flash suppression is not why i use the KX3.
    Hmm, this brings me to the question, is there a proper way to keep the KX3 clean? I purchased my upper from Denny's Guns with the Krink already mounted so I'm not familiar with tools required to remove the cone for cleaning or wear check. Any advise?

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    "All tests were with XM193 and the results were judged by a brave downrange panel of experts..... well, 50 yards downrange and 25 to the side."

    Ack! CAMERAS, man! CAMERAS!

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    i think the kx3 does what its intended to do pretty well, had one on my 7.5" pistol and 11.5" sbr.

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    I clean the outside of the cone with a wire wheel on a grinder... when the mood strikes me. Not that often. The rest of it, interior surfaces, I just wish them clean

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    I run one on my Noveske 14.5 Afghan that is used as a urban precison rifle. My concern was two fold-1st was running a fixed stock and rifle buffer with a 14.5 barrel and mid length gas system. I wanted to make sure I was pushing enough gas for reliable function. 2nd, for a L/E perimeter gun, I wasn't really concerned about flash, I was more concerned about guys hearing around me. The KX3 excels at making 5.56 tolerable for everyone except the guy in front of it, and I want it loud and blasty for that dude.

    My new 7.5 will also have one for very obvious reasons.

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    Can anyone tell me how much length the KX3 adds to the barrel (ie. not the overall length of the KX3, but how much longer it makes the overall length of the barrel........11.5" barrel + KX3 = XX.x")


    Thanks

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