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Originally Posted by Badger52
JJ: Thanks sir. Just kind of curious how good of an actual FH it is (besides the appeal on a retro build). Was the original real one, the "moderator" any better/worse than the birdcage if you recall?
Your shooting pic reminds me of a day years back when at the range playing with new LH-thread AK birdcage & comparing POI's. Later took a late-afternoon walk around the hunting property & finally emerged out of a dense valley, eyes having well-adjusted to the sun that was well below the horizon. Took a poke at a coyote, not realizing I'd left that slant-brake on. Pupils assuredly did not appreciate that. That birdcage went back onto the AK most rikki-tik... lol.
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Can't help with the sound levels or flash of the XM-177 vs m16 vs m60. In 1970 I was a butt-head 1Lt with a platoon of draftees. When I pulled the trigger it, it generally meant we were in deep shiite and I didn't worry about stealth. My real reason for getting the XM-177 was to save weight, so I could carry extra batteries for my RT and extra Claymores. Oz's counted.
I can say the flash from mine and the other 30-35 troops shooting, was not that bad at night. I was able to maintain most of my night vision, for movement.
Caveat: I was nick-names Scout Hog by my OCS class as I had exceptional nite vision. If you went on MY night movements, NOBODY used lights. I only used the glow if the compass.
There is a FH designed by one of the guys on FAL fora. The idea was the long tines cooled the flash gases. Cooling the hot or unburnt propellant is the key. Those that used it said it was every bit as good as the Hog. He would make the tines as long as you wanted, but most used 2.5 or 4 inch. To me it's just ugly and not practical in the bush.
On the topic of flash, I didn't and still don't put much effort into flash hiding. 1)I don't do nite ambushes anymore. 2)I have cans 3)Never was a sniper
