Why is it on this forum it seems necessary to personally attack individuals? Particularly when much of what is said is supposition. I would caution you against slander, which is so freely done around here. Wouldn't it be a bit more palatable to simply state your experience and that you prefer something else?
I don't have a dog in the fight, I have no preference, but it would be interesting to have Ron Smith come on and answer to what you have presented as fact, but in reality is your opinion. I would rather you say you don't care for the guy - which is where your anger and vitriol seem to be focused - and move on. I see you are from the same neck of the woods, is there some reason for your intense dislike of SEI, Ron Smith, Sonja Sommers et. al that we don't know about?
Actually, I used to be in fairly regular contact with Tim and used to buy quite a few pieces from him including several M16K's, and a regurgitated 'history' lesson is not necessary thank-you. Have you ever spoken to Tim? Curious what he would think, by what you say, LaFrance 'stole' the design from the Belgians/Germans. So now there are two “thieves” in the mix using your line of thinking. I suppose HK "stole" the "Lafrance version" for the 53 too. Holy cow, now three 'thieves"!
A current straight pronged open flash hider is and was not some “flash of genius”. It was a variation/evolution of an existing design, probably like 90% of the products out there. You really think all this stuff is new? The AAC blackout is a modified model 2 three prong flash hider. Did Bittingham steal that from ArmaLite?
You are incorrect, the prongs on a Vortex use a graduated degree of twist.
Apparently you didn't read the link provided, as NSWC apparently thinks enough of the SEI Vortex to let a contract for up to 4500 units in .50BMG. I guess the Army thinks it sucks too, because they were manufacturing copies. But hey, I will defer to you, the one in the know.



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