Flash suppressor for a muzzle loader?

[chazz1975]

This is a GREAT pic! Did you do any editing or use special filters on the camera to capture this? Love the spark at the pan and that long flame at the end. What time of day was this taken? I'm guessing early morning or evening?

 

[Poor Private]

If your using it for self defense-- the blast of BOOM and all that fire will have your assailant crapping bricks. Because he would be wondering whats next-a cannon? I have several photos of our unit during a night battle firing rifles and Mt. Howitzers. talk about flash. Heck you can even see the trail of the friction primer as it flies through the air. No way in heck are you able to supress that.

 

[RedFeather]

I caught the words "survival" and "low light situation", so I inferr you mean steathiness, if such a word exists. Most powder smoke, be it the "holy black" or substitute, casts a gray cloud. At twilight, that will stand out like a large, vague gray balloon. Sorry, but it reminds me of trap door Springfield's VS 1893 7mm Mausers, if you get the reference.

 

Muzzle flash would be one of the things that would give your position away in a survival situation.

If a muzzle loader is all ya got, then a muzzle loader is what ya got to use.

I don't own a modern firearm. Only muzzle loaders.

In that case, your chance of survival is slim. I assume you have no family to protect and you're willing to stake just your own life on outdated technology.

Yes, if all you have is a rock, that's what you use, but hopefully, everyone here has a better plan than that?

 

[David W.]

Why didn't I think of that? Now. how to hide the flash from the pan? :idunno:

Anyone have a picture of a PC/HC flash suppressor?

 

[BrownBear]

Now. how to hide the flash from the pan?

I recommend a photographers "dark cloth," or focus hood, the kind you see used by old-time photographers, draped over the camera and their heads while focusing. :rotf:

 

[Claude Mathis]

Now. how to hide the flash from the pan?

I recommend a photographers "dark cloth, or focus hood, the kind you see used by old-time photographers, draped over the camera and their heads while focusing.

When your survival depends on it... :wink:

 

[FishDFly]

Sure is hard to top the web dude.

 

[FishDFly]

Your flash suppressor sure looks familiar, does it come with a free blond cheer leader?

 

[Claude Mathis]

Your flash suppressor sure looks familiar, does it come with a free blond cheer leader?

Yes, you recognize the college surplus. In a survival situation, one has to improvise.

 

[David W.]

I had to ask. :shake:

Now. how to hide the flash from the pan?

I recommend a photographers "dark cloth, or focus hood, the kind you see used by old-time photographers, draped over the camera and their heads while focusing.

When your survival depends on it... :wink:

 

[BrownBear]

Perfect!

Now he's ready for survival shooting. :bow:

 

[David W.]

This is all that's missing!

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[FishDFly]

Does it have USC in the small print?

 

[BrownBear]

This is all that's missing!

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Sure hope that thing is Nomex.

Kinda redefines "pan flash" to Roman Candle if that thing lit off. :rotf:

 

[Wes/Tex]

"Let's see...raise elevation 3 terrier hairs...and kaintuckie windage to the left just one cube root of 13 leap year tangents...now where's the trigger?" :haha:

 

[capt_turk]

Oh my God!!! I love it. I'm going right to work getting my Hawken rigged up like this.. :rotf:

 

[Dphar]

Anyone know how I could make a flash suppressor for my 50 cal. Hawkins style rifle? Not interested in a silencer, just looking to hide the flash.

As I think has been mentioned BP does not burn completely and there are a lot of solids left over from combustion.
Unless the powder charge is very light there will be quite a bit of flash caused buy the 2000 degree, incandescent solids and gases that are ejected from the barrel behind the projectile. A flash suppressor just isn't going to work.
Smokeless powder can be engineered to reduce or largely eliminate muzzle flash. BP? No.
Dan

 

[Dphar]

The question was purely academic. My normal load in my 50 cal. is 60 to 80 grains.

Muzzle flash would be one of the things that would give your position away in a survival situation. In low light, the smoke would not be nearly as noticeable.

If you are worried about giving away your position you need something that produces no SMOKE as well. Flash is the LEAST of your worries its the 8 ft diameter smoke cloud that causes problems.
The people you are trying to keep from seeing the flash will not be using BP arms and you better not either.

Dan

 

[Zonie]

If a person was really, really fast with his reloading, after firing 8 rapid shots, the thick smoke cloud would easily hide the flash from the 9th shot. :grin: