Muzzle flash mod?

Hivemind187 · 01-12-2008 04:09PM #1

Interesting idea and certainly something MilSim heads will like (though perhaps a change to the colour).

Electric muzzle flash mod.

Masada · 01-12-2008 04:23PM

looks a bit gimmicky to me.,
they could have at least used an orange flashing LED, the one in that is way too blue.,

NakedDex · 01-12-2008 04:25PM

I did something similar to this at the start of the year but managed to fit it inside the flash hider. That luxeon emitter is rather bulky and a bit overpowered for the job I reckon, though I think he may have been going for being as bright as possible. I modded a G36k flash hider to take one red and three orange 3mm 4cd LEDs in the tangs of the hider itself and wires them back to the trigger contacts. Worked fine on semi but auto firing had no flicker (similar problem to the authors). I intended to get a sub miniature electret mic to flash the unit upon hearing each piston strike but the whole project fell by the wayside.

fayer · 01-12-2008 10:45PM

Speaking from experience this should me mandatory for night milsim games. It was the one bad part of PR2, incoming fire but no way to locate it.
Live fire gives away the position of the shooter and changes the situation in a big way.

[--SC(+)PE--] · 01-12-2008 11:00PM

as above, an orangish flash would make it a whole lot better, and it could add a lot to night games,
Its interesting

OzCam · 02-12-2008 10:41AM

I would have thought a yellow or orange LED would be more realistic. Perhaps the real shooters could advise?

I agree with fayer though. It should be mandatory in MilSim and it could easily be built into a PEQ box for attachment to almost anything. With Dex's idea of a mic and battery, it doesn't even need to be wired into the gun.

G3-Nut · 02-12-2008 01:30PM

the flash needs be in between white and orangish-red to look authentic...

Muzzle flash mod?

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