Bad verbiage I guess.
I screwed up and used the term Ejection should have used "Direct Impingement" as noted just above here, and that with my little bit of understanding, assists operating the bolt cycle. Not ejecting and extracting the spent casing.
Been a long time since I screwed around with an M-16.
I'm tryin to use a 35 year old memory in a 50+ year old brain, on a bunch of younguns' and people that have studied this stuff a bit more than me.
I didn't study the M-16 or it's clones, I just shot it when I had to.. If I remember right the model I shot was an H&R, and not a Colt
The flash suppresser does reduce the back gassing as I indicated - It doesn't eliminate it. Gassing as noted in the Wiki definition explains some of the issues with condensation, corrosion and wear from the back gassing. Colt reduced some of it with the break, but managed the rest by what I would think would have been barrel length and placement of the gas tube location in the barrel assembly. The engineering is way more than most of us on this forum will ever be able to accuratly calculate. Simply put - too much pressure is a bad thing, too little and the rifle fails to cycle properly.
The thread had comments about the "Flash Hider" and there ain't no such thing. It's a "flash suppressor".
I also just read that the design was actually to protect the shooters eye sensitivity at night by dividing the flash into different directions thus reducing the flash blindness of the shooter, as well as reducing the visible flash from the enemies view.
When I'm wrong (not if), I'll accept and admit my errors.
Don't be so quick to judge or so hard on everybody's mistakes, work on correcting them with a little bit of compassion and understanding. You didn't get that damned smart overnight either.
Yeah, your quick judgements, statements and willingness to slam me for making an honest mistake frosted my butt, but your turn will happen and you won't much like it either.
It's no scratch off my back. You don't know me anymore than you know your president. And you don't like him either. But like being stuck with him, your stuck with me. Until they kick me out and ban me from this forum you'll hear my comments, opinions and questions even if they are wrong, because we're all human and we make mistakes
Not a one of you gets it right every time either. If you did, you would be your parents.
The way we learn is by working with others, not insulting them because of a mistake.
Bad attitudes are what makes people leave a forum, not much of anything else.
Keep up the good work and we stick around.
There have been many forums crushed by bad attitudes and this one is headed in that direction too, from they way you are constantly flaming on others.
I'll read for a while but you won't see me post because I'm tired of your cocky attitudes slamming me every time I try to get out an opinion.
And as they say ---That's my 2 cents worth.
