Muzzle Blast

[Thefeeder]

When shooting, do you see the muzzle blast? Not the fire breathing rounds, but scoped rifles, 22's, shotguns, powder puff rounds........ ?

How about when shooting outdoors in bright sunlight?

[SanDiego619]

When shooting, do you see the muzzle blast? Not the fire breathing rounds, but scoped rifles, 22's, shotguns, powder puff rounds........ ?

How about when shooting outdoors in bright sunlight?

I never do, but I never shot at night.

[hambam105]

Great Question.
So how dark is it and what kind of gun are you shooting?

Go thru a couple low light target identification drills. No timer needed. The OPs question comes down to a combination of changing ambient light and changing equipment. What should not be changing is the shooters self-awareness & capability to identify and hit his targets under low light shooting conditions . Eventually the obvious becomes apparent.

[tabascoz28]

I tried to see if my pistol builds had muzzle flash right before dawn and it didn't or at least it didn't bother me. The had short barrels and standard birdcages. I have seen them more in pistols.

[BrassCase]

Night, depending on the optic I'm using. You can see muzzle blast from most guns at night. I do have one flame thrower with a big brake on it and depending on what I have loaded, it can be seen during daytime.

[Barang]

you see a little of it when it's cloudy.

[CWL]

I've done night shoots with .45acp, 12 ga, .308 and 5.56.

Muzzle flash has never really bothered me.

[subscriber]

There is a difference between noticing muzzle flash and being distracted by it. If you are focusing your attention on your target and sights, you hardly notice flash. The brighter your surroundings, the less you are going to notice flash, and the lower its potential for causing temporary vision difficulties.

By the way, muzzle blast is the sound you hear and the concussion you feel, rather than what you see. The latter is muzzle flash.

[Mr. Meeseeks]

When shooting, do you see the muzzle blast? Not the fire breathing rounds, but scoped rifles, 22's, shotguns, powder puff rounds........ ?

How about when shooting outdoors in bright sunlight?

Only when I used to shoot at an indoor range. Outdoor, nope, I shoot during the day.

[BrassCase]

I though a little more about this because I focused on rifles. I have a P80-G17 with a Storm Lake 2 port barrel. It does throw flames and debris out the ports which can be seen (and felt too!) with factory ammo during daylight. That is one gun that I always, double check, wear glasses when shooting. I always wear glasses anyway but that one has thrown hot embers back at my face.

[The War Wagon]

When shooting, do you see the muzzle blast? Not the fire breathing rounds, but scoped rifles, 22's, shotguns, powder puff rounds........ ?

How about when shooting outdoors in bright sunlight?

Eyes are on the target. You tend to see through such things.

[jimmykan]

The shorter the barrel, the bigger the blast.

AR-15 pistols have the worst blast.

(Or the best blast, depending on your objective).

[bergmen]

There is muzzle blast and there is muzzle blast:

[hambam105]

The shooter may very well not notice it, at first. That is why I mentioned shooter awareness
and B4U Shoot identification targets.

One ought not to be shouldn't shooting at targets you haven't properly identified yet.
Don't worry. The obvious will become apparent, eventually.

[Wordupmybrotha]

Negligible. Haven't really noticed