Here’s something interesting I managed to get my hands on, which
is apparently made from unicorn blood - a Surefire 4 prong FH-556-RC. These were apparently designed at the request
of the US military in conjunction with the SOCOM-RC suppressor for the SOPMOD
program.
Surefire redesigned the flash hider to a three prong design
for commercial use but the US military contract still wanted the 4 prong. According to some sources, the 3 prong is
better at supressing flash than the 4 prong, but I’ve also heard from owners of
both that they prefer the 4 prong.
What I’ve read is that once Surefire got the mil contract,
they ceased civilian sales of the 4 prong and produce them exclusively for the
US government, and as a result, there are very few of these on the market. I’ve seen these pop up periodically, some for
as high as $300 USD on Fleabay, which is a ridiculous amount of money for a
flash hider, especially one that I cannot even use to its full potential (in
Canada anyway) as the fun part that attaches to it is prohibited.
Still, it’s all part of the OCD of building clones, and I
paid stupid amounts of money on other things in the name of clone building. Just look at the KAC M4QD flash hider for
$147 CAD for instance. Its clone
correct, however, it really isn’t much more than a standard $20 A2 birdcage with
grooves cut around it and a notch to time their suppressor. Smith Enterprises Inc also produces their 4
prong Vortex flash hider, which is readily available in Canada from Nordic
Marksman for about $125 or something like that, and if you were building a
CANSOFCOM C8IUR clone, that would be perfect (hmmmm….ideas…….)
Anyway, I was going to spin it on for fun, just to see what
it would look like on my Mod 1 clone, but my 3/4 “ wrench was too thick to fit
and the flash hider didn’t come with any tools.
I know there’s a tool for the Smith Enterprise flash hider out there,
but I wasn’t about to go out and try to source a tool for something that’s
already unicorn blood.
So out came the files and a couple of clamps and I went to
work on one of my spare wrenches.
I managed to take off just enough material to fit it onto
the flash hider, but when I went to look at my upper, I found I had to take the
Daniel Defense RIS II completely off to access the KAC M4QD that came with my
upper. Anyway, I haven’t gotten around
to that yet, so I’ll post some more pics when I do.
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