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Hi,

Few weeks ago i looked for an early patent MG42 Flash hider...
here:
http://mg42.us/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7867&p=59818#p59818

i didn't find one

so i decidate to make one by my self
just finish the rear outside and inside:)



so i will make one like this one


and perhaps one like this other one


because nobody helped me :dh:

Nice job I never saw one of those Breaks before thanks for sharing that info interesting

God helps those that help themselves! It looks like you are doing a good job-I don't think it is a case of no-one helping,I think maybe no-one has the stuff you are looking for! Be sure to post pics when you are finished.The early stuff you seek will be hard to find-good luck! ---bil

Wow, now that is industrious, well done.

how about welding a 4 rib up some, and just re-cutting the smaller 5th rib??

Just a thought

johnnymg

How about one like this one....

Regards, RichardS in MI.
Blanksguy2001@chartermi.net

Fab - I suggest that you call your creation a recoil booster (which it is), and not a flash hider. A recoil booster is legal in all states..... a flash hider is not. You could market them as boosters and sell them to non-flash hider states.

i wrote this topic only to explain what i would like to make,they are some nice pictures here, you could speak about technic and history.... but you speak about the law...
i thought it was a technical forum......

If some of you are interesting in my project, i will post the picture as soon i finish the flash hider,
concerning muzzle brakes i will have a look on how i can make them... have some hours to spend on this subject.

That's impressive!

fab wrote:i wrote this topic only to explain what i would like to make,they are some nice pictures here, you could speak about technic and history.... but you speak about the law...
i thought it was a technical forum......

If some of you are interesting in my project, i will post the picture as soon i finish the flash hider,
concerning muzzle brakes i will have a look on how i can make them... have some hours to spend on this subject.

Technical forum? It is that, and a whole bunch more. It's whatever those who post want it to be. I think you are mistaken if you think there is no interest in your project. Sometimes a thread will go off in an unexpected direction. Welcome to the internet. If the topic takes a turn in a direction you don't like, just make some comments about what you DO want to talk about. We'll follow suit. Hell... we've even talked about Bil's underpants on occasion (I have it on good authority that they are striped pink BTW, but the debate rages on..)

fab wrote:Hi,

Few weeks ago i looked for an early patent MG42 Flash hider...
here:
http://mg42.us/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7867&p=59818#p59818

i didn't find one

so i decidate to make one by my self
just finish the rear outside and inside:)



so i will make one like this one


and perhaps one like this other one


because nobody helped me :dh:

I like it!

Yes,fab-very nice.It is good to see someone actually making one of these,we see them in the Myrvang book,but being rare they are not found.You have actually made one!I also liked the cut-away you did with the new and old style barrel bearings.Keep up the good work!! ---bil

Fab--

Your work looks great. I for one would like to see the muzzle brake.

--fjruple

Very nice work.
I'm sorry you feel no one wanted to helped you but I think its more a case of no one being able to help.

I hope after your done and have a good idea of the work involved you'd consider making these for the members here. I think there is a lot of interest.

drooling idiot wrote:Very nice work.
I'm sorry you feel no one wanted to helped you but I think its more a case of no one being able to help.

I hope after your done and have a good idea of the work involved you'd consider making these for the members here. I think there is a lot of interest.

Hi

i don't fell that, i was jocking
of course i know that if a member could help me he would have done

concerning the idea to make some for the members which need one, of course it's possible. 5 would be available to be sale. the price is not known because i still have the Knurling , heat treatment, bluing and WaA punch set to pay...
but i think i could sell them $100.

Fab.

I am a little confused here! Both pictures of the originals show muzzle brakes. These are not flash hiders or recoil boosters, but brakes! Compare it with the muzzle break on the M109 Howitzer!
This construction would have no impact on the recoil of the barrel that cycles the gun, which is created by the internal recoil booster (and is more than sufficient!). As for the flash signature it will only change slightly, and not be "hidden".
The reason they experimented with these must have been the desire to ease up on the overall recoil of the gun. As the bullets pass the side-vents the pressure gases will push out forwards and sideways and press the gun forward, easing up on the recoil pressure of the gun-frame itself.
On the M109 the muzzle break reduces the recoil with 75%. Shooting without it will destroy the recoil system (and the gun) instantly. There is a "half-similar" system on the Thompson M28, with the Cutts compensator which had the vents on the upside only, forcing the barrel down while the recoil worked it upwards!
But these MG42 devices never saw full scale production, so the problems they caused must have been bigger than the problems they solved....

But they look so cool! ---bil

Of course they look cool Bil. My kids would love any new toy not in their current inventory/arsenal..........
But, seriously: it would be fun to hear if this construction indeed had anything going towards reduced recoil. Or if it clogs up with residues too fast.....

machining is completed