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  2. Muzzle flash - Wikipedia

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    Muzzle flash of a revolver. Note the minor flash at the gap between cylinder and barrel. Muzzle flash can be broken down into five distinct components. [1] The muzzle glow is a reddish glow that is visible before the bullet leaves the barrel. It glow is created by superheated gases that have leaked past the projectile and have exited the barrel ...

  3. Flash suppressor - Wikipedia

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    A flash suppressor, also known as a flash guard, flash eliminator, flash hider, or flash cone, is a device attached to the muzzle of a rifle that reduces its visible signature while firing by cooling or dispersing the burning gases that exit the muzzle, a phenomenon typical of carbine-length weapons. Its primary intent is to reduce the chances ...

  4. Silencer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Muzzle flash is reduced both by being contained in the suppressor and by the arresting of unburned powder that would ordinarily burn in the air and intensify the flash. Recoil reduction results from the slowing of propellant gases that contribute 30–50% of recoil velocity.

  5. Category:Firearm muzzle devices - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Firearm muzzle devices" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Vortex Flash Hider This page was last ...

  6. Muzzle brake - Wikipedia

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    Muzzle flash without muzzle brake Redirected muzzle flash with muzzle brake. The shooter, gun crew, or close bystanders may perceive an increase in sound pressure level as well as an increase in muzzle blast and lead exposure. This occurs because the sound, flash, pressure waves, and lead loaded smoke plume normally projected away from the ...

  7. Transitional ballistics - Wikipedia

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    The worst case is a muzzle or muzzle device such as a flash-hider that is cut at a non-square angle, so that one side of the bullet leaves the barrel early; this will cause the gas to escape in an asymmetric pattern, and will push the bullet away from that side, causing shots to form a "string", where the shots cluster along a line rather than ...

  8. Gunshot - Wikipedia

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    A muzzle flash which occurs when superheated gases and incompletely combusted propellant residue are secondarily ignited upon contact with fresh ambient oxygen after being expelled out the gun barrel A muzzle blast which occurs when high-pressure gases within the barrel are suddenly released and rapidly expand when the projectile exits the ...

  9. Blank (cartridge) - Wikipedia

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    A blank is a firearm cartridge that, when fired, does not shoot a projectile like a bullet or pellet, but generates a muzzle flash and an explosive sound (muzzle report) like a normal gunshot would. Firearms may need to be modified to allow a blank to cycle the action, and the shooter experiences less recoil with a blank than with a live round.