User talk:Thecutnut

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Hello, Thecutnut! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! -- Nashville Monkey 21:56, 3 February 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

[edit] Thanks to Those Who Helped Me:

I have been using Wikipedia to ask questions, and now I am attempting to give back, but before I even start, I will read the policy material, and I want to take the time to thank:

Francis Flinch (talk)

For teaching me about the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare, bullets, and a well-made Wikibook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Marksmanship as well as showing me many new things I have never known about a real gun before.

Nashville Monkey

For saving my previous misprinted article and putting it in my talk Wiki page.

[edit] Tactical vs. Standard Muzzle Brake

I wasn't able to find an image of a tactical muzzle brake, but what does a tactical muzzle brake look like?

And what is the difference between a tactical and standard muzzle brake? Thecutnut (talk) 07:06, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Go to the PGRS-1 muzzle brake article and look at the image. At http://www.eabco.com/cssmb.html you can see several other examples.

There is no real formal difference between standard and tactical muzzle brakes. There are two main categories. 1- Muzzle brakes that symmetrically vent propellant gasses in a full 360-degrees circle. 2 - Muzzle brakes that vent propellant gasses asymmetrically or symmetrically in 2 or more non full circular segments. Category 2 is often referred to as “tactical”, meaning they vent mainly sideways to minimize kicking up dirt from the ground when a firearm is fired near the ground (think firing rifles from bipods) or reducing muzzle jump when they vent upwards. Do not think category 1 models are inferior to category 2 models. The various muzzle brake design variations are intended for different usage.

The real world effect of adding muzzle brakes and what works and works not for a particular user and cartridge/firearm combo is best established by trail and error.--Francis Flinch (talk) 17:35, 10 March 2008 (UTC)