I guess you haven't been looking at guns very long.I have never seen a .38SPL with a 6" barrel b/f.
I assume you meant flinching. I bet everyone in that pic was flinching hard not long after it was taken.Check out the pair standing behind that belt fed MG----no ears on and not even finching.
Looking at the muzzle flash, the photo was obviously taken with a relatively fast shutter speed. I bet they were flinching plenty 1/125 second later. Either that or they were deaf.Check out the pair standing behind that belt fed MG----no ears on and not even finching.