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Flash Suppressors
idsman75
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I was checking out a website for quality replacement barrels for my Glock 23 and ran across threaded barrels and compensators and other accessories to screw onto a threaded barrel. Then I found a FLASH SUPPRESSOR! I have never seen a flash suppressor for a pistol. What is the purpose? Is it intended to reduce muzzle-flash when firing in low-light conditions so as not to ruin one's night-vision? I'm confused.
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Long answer: Because pistols have such short barrels, and therefore tend not to burn the entire charge of powder, it is more likely that a pistol would produce a large muzzle flash than a rifle. Under that kind of reasoning, pistols need flash supressors even more than rifles.
If you consider that the primary reason for supressing the flash is tactical, and that pistols are less likely to be used in a tactical role than rifles, pistols do not need flash supressors. If a pistol is your primary weapon, and you deem it likely to be involved in gunfights at night, then get a supressor for your pistol. The US military likes to engage in night fights because they have an advantage at night, of course they use rifles and higher powered weapons to engage in those fights.