FAL flash hiders

El Mac · June 20, 2012, 13:43

Why are the OEM type of flash hiders so freakishly long??

**def90** · June 20, 2012, 14:14

Function? Not sure which ones are long other than the early Belgian Browning and I guess the L1A1s.

The STG flash hider looks long but only about 1 inch of it actually extends past the end of the barrel. Even the long L1A1 flash hider only adds 3 inches to the end of the barrel.

El Mac · June 20, 2012, 14:18

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Originally Posted by def90

The STG flash hider looks long but only about 1 inch of it actually extends past the end of the barrel.

Thanks for the response...so why would the StGs add all that unnecessary weight with the excess steel that functionally does nothing?

**def90** · June 20, 2012, 14:19

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Originally Posted by El Mac

Thanks for the response...so why would the StGs add all that unnecessary weight with the excess steel that functionally does nothing?

The body of the flash hider acts as a mount for launching grenades. The flash hider prongs serve a second function as a barbed wire cutter, insert barb wire into prongs, pull trigger. It is a multi tool. A bayonat can also be mounted on the body but they were never issued with the StG58.

El Mac · June 20, 2012, 14:23

Ah, the grenade launcher...thanks for the shcooling!

davesrb · June 20, 2012, 14:35

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Originally Posted by El Mac

Why are the OEM type of flash hiders so freakishly long??

'Cause chicks dig 'em?

Douglas Wozny · June 20, 2012, 15:18

There was never a bayonet that mounted on the StG58.

ronpaulFAL · June 20, 2012, 15:33

I have also heard that the long section of overlap acts as a "barrel weight" to increase accuracy by optimizing the barrel harmonics. Don't know much about it though.

**def90** · June 20, 2012, 15:52

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Originally Posted by ronpaulFAL

I have also heard that the long section of overlap acts as a "barrel weight" to increase accuracy by optimizing the barrel harmonics. Don't know much about it though.

I think that is a byproduct and not part of the reasoning of the initial design.

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June 20, 2012, 14:23	#5
El Mac Registered FALaholic #: 39512 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 188	Ah, the grenade launcher...thanks for the shcooling!

June 20, 2012, 15:33	#8
ronpaulFAL Registered FALaholic #: 65535 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: somewhere Posts: 2,145	I have also heard that the long section of overlap acts as a "barrel weight" to increase accuracy by optimizing the barrel harmonics. Don't know much about it though.