10-30-2013, 11:24 PM
When you remove any muzzle device, just make sure to isolate the barrel itself in insulated jaws in a vice. Don't use the receiver, for example.
For muzzle devices, if stalking in the woods or plains for your hunting profile, an A2 compensator is fine. The original "duck bill" flash hider was very effective at reducing flash. The conical 3-prong hider came next, and was also good at flash reduction, but there are two main stories as to why the "bird cage" flash hider was adopted on the Colt Model 603 XM16E1 and M16A1 rifles.
One story is that soldiers were using the prongs to pry open ammo crates, and snapping off prongs. The other is that the prongs became entangled in vines in the dense jungle vegetation of the SEA area of operations, although there are plenty of vines at Fort Benning, where a lot of the trials were conducted with the AR15.
Another possible hang-up would be when negotiating the obstacle course as you crawl under barbed wire lattices, using the rifle as a guide or insulator between you and the wire.
For hunting, I think a muzzle device serves the purpose of protecting your muzzle from falls and debris, especially when climbing into deer stands or while riding on 4-Wheelers.
For muzzle devices, if stalking in the woods or plains for your hunting profile, an A2 compensator is fine. The original "duck bill" flash hider was very effective at reducing flash. The conical 3-prong hider came next, and was also good at flash reduction, but there are two main stories as to why the "bird cage" flash hider was adopted on the Colt Model 603 XM16E1 and M16A1 rifles.
One story is that soldiers were using the prongs to pry open ammo crates, and snapping off prongs. The other is that the prongs became entangled in vines in the dense jungle vegetation of the SEA area of operations, although there are plenty of vines at Fort Benning, where a lot of the trials were conducted with the AR15.
Another possible hang-up would be when negotiating the obstacle course as you crawl under barbed wire lattices, using the rifle as a guide or insulator between you and the wire.
For hunting, I think a muzzle device serves the purpose of protecting your muzzle from falls and debris, especially when climbing into deer stands or while riding on 4-Wheelers.