humm well on the standard m16 or c7 (Canada) the muzzle flash is pretty *bad* when your trying to shoot at night cause if you notice on a m16 or c7 the tip of you barrel is milled on top and not at the bottom to reduce the up kick of the weapon witch at the same time brings the most of the muzzle flash up in your sights..

but for your hearing as long as you a bit behind your team and not in front of there muzzle you should be OK (but still) lol!!

I guess it would be cool but with no definite use for paintball scenario play cause most of then are played in the day time witch make your muzzle flash thingny useless!!!!

well that was my $0.02 lol

This is so funny to think about because I go to great lengths to get rid of the flash signature on all my rifles. Installing a Vortex flash suppressor from Smith Enterprises would solve the opposite of your idea.

You do see muzzle flash in the day, just not to the same degree as at night because relative lighting. All it is is burning powder and hot gasses.

How to make a flash on your paintball gun? I don’t even think it is safe enough to try experimenting so I wouldn’t try this, but maybe you could replace your C02 tank with a propane tank. Then attach a piezio igniter to your trigger and run the wires up to gapped electrodes at the crown of your barrel. You would be a walking firebomb but if it shot… a response trigger would give you a flamethrower.

Most serious shooters (ie target shooters) go with the flash suppressors. A flash hider/suppressor disperses the burning powder and hot gasses to prevent a flash signature.

Your full-auto carbines and very high power rifles will have muzzle breaks. These vent the hot gases so as to absorb a large portion of the rifle’s recoil. It does this at the expense of making it really loud. If you have a spotter you may hit him with the vented gases on a hi-cal rifle.

Compensators are an unusual type of porting near the end of the muzzle on the top. As you fire, the muzzle wants to climb, but the hot gasses force out the compensator through the top porting and push the muzzle back down. They are kind of iffy and depend on different loads but the rapid shot pistol target shooters swear by them.

You could put some bright LED's on the tip of your barrel. Then put a 9volt (and resistors if needed). And a micro switch behind the trigger.

Bam...Muzzle flash. But I still dont see its usefulness.

ok i see your point i just thought it would be kinda cool,but i guess i shoulda thought about it more before i posted,it is kinda a dumb idea

brihard wrote: Hey x-mo-x, what kind of familairity have you got with the C-7, out of curiosity? Are you in the military? Personally, I love that weapon. I can't say flash has ever been a PROBLEM on it for me- it's noticeable, but really the biggest concern is that it tends to give away your position. You won't eliminate it compeltely though, so that's always going to be an issue- and the effectieness of the flash suppressor directing the exhaust up to counter recoil is debateable... The weapon still climbs like crazy on automatic fire regardless.

yes i was in the force. not any more do to an injury to my knee.

but i understand the questionable use of the upward milled muzzle well for single shooting and burst the muzzle but on auto its a different story not cause of the muzzle but do to the bolt that rams in the bottom of the stock at high speeds and at a rapid rate is the mane cause of the major upward force the C-7 makes on auto.

and there you have it! if you got more question on any gun or so you can pm me OK. 

i shoot real guns a lot and flash isnt to bad being of the nice invention of the flash supressior helps a lot or muzzle break and other things but i guess it would be cool but in real life there are things to take the flash down some and flash isnt much of a issue inless its night you should see a 12 guage shotgun at night its sweet big long flame come flying out