#5 flash hiders

[browningautorifle]

Just going through certain thought process' and wondering...since there's a protracted shortage of #5 LE F/H on the market and of course on guns themselves...

I was thinking of having a local man I know that is a die maker by trade to make some. He has full CNC machines and all the staff and knowledge in the industry to do it. I wonder if I procure a good example and we extract it so it can be drawn correctly, and our end product is good...these would sell? They'd be in the white and no pin holes. I'd suspect we would go a couple thousandths small in the inside and barrels could be touched so they're tight. Holes need drilling and pins installed. Carry on and blue.

What problems can you see? I think these would sell through dealers imported into the US, because that's about how it would need to go...Australia and the UK to individuals and of course Canada is simple. What would they sell for? I see Gunparts, but they have NONE and likely won't ever again. None available worldwide. Seldom on the sales sites and forums...

I'd need to make a run and pay for them and then send them off from there. If it doesn't pay then...not worth it.

Problems? Thoughts?

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[skiprat]

"flash hiders" are a restricted part here in the UK. Definitely not for sale...(if you can define.... flash hide,,, flash suppressor,,, grenade launching muzzle attachment.... muzzle break ... (muzzle breaks (as long as they don't reduce the flash) are legal..... if Plod. could tell the difference)
its one big can of worms.... so many grey areas in a law that can take your liberty for 5 years!!!!!

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

I need one. Have a nice No 5 with the awful cast reproduction.

[browningautorifle]

Thanks for that Skip, we'd have to figure that out. Terminology perhaps? Muzzle cone? Bayonet standard?

HOH, this is exactly where my head is...now, to the US, I'd likely need a business middleman...importer's licence...I do have a friend that could explain it to me. I'd need to find one at the Halloween show coming up then. That's my thought. I still have one in need too.

[Paul S.]

"flash hiders" are a restricted part here in the UK. Definitely not for sale...(if you can define.... flash hide,,, flash suppressor,,, grenade launching muzzle attachment.... muzzle break ... (muzzle breaks (as long as they don't reduce the flash) are legal..... if Plod. could tell the difference)
its one big can of worms.... so many grey areas in a law that can take your liberty for 5 years!!!!!

This is where I point out the obvious 'rose by another name' resolution. Name for what it does - attach the foresight to barrel - and call it a 'foresight mount'. Anyone challenges that; have them try to prove that it significantly reduces the flash using a photographer's light meter.

[CINDERS]

Fleabay states in our land no parts to be sold but anyone with the command of the English language can scr*w it around so it does not flag and people know what your selling, I learnt after a few pulled sales how to describe an item that would pass scrutiny yet still give enough info for those that required the item to buy it.

[Peter Laidler]

I say that '.....you've got to speculate to accumulate' BAR. I do it all the time with lenses and that's a BiG money outlay that only comes back in dribs and drabs. And then there's those truly nerdy people that ...... sharp intake of breath followed by '..... 'ow much...., I think I'll look for an original one'. They ain't going to find another - that's why they're looking at yours. But you can't tell them. I've seen it with lenses. But I keep their names and addresses and when they come back a second time, the price has shot up. Ho, ho, ho......, did it only last week with a Scout Reg OG lens.

[browningautorifle]

I think I'll look for an original one

only comes back in dribs and drabs.

I fully expect that too Peter. I think this may work though. Problem will be initial cost as I ain't makin' them myself. The manufacturer is a gun guy though...

[TomH]

This is where I point out the obvious 'rose by another name' resolution. Name for what it does - attach the foresight to barrel - and call it a 'foresight mount'. Anyone challenges that; have them try to prove that it significantly reduces the flash using a photographer's light meter.

The problem would be that it is already documented in parts books as Flash Eliminator; I believe, and you would be replicating that part.

[Peter Laidler]

But you can lawfully possess 1000 of them and Bren ones if they were removed from a decativated weapon(s) where they are permitted. There is a Crown Court case to substantiate this