Ignatz Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 My wife and I were shooting at our local league last night and noticed single white(ish) sparks coming out of some guys gun. Depending on the lighting at an indoor range you typically see a muzzle flash, but I never saw sparks come out of a pistol like this. I'm only guessing about his gun, but I'd say it was an STI edge in .40. What do you think causes this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 probably a flake of gun powder, or part of the copper jacket. there's a lot of friction when a bullet goes through a barrel. lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Some powders burn so slowly that they will "tatoo" a close target with a pattern of burnt specks around the bullet hole on a target fairly close in (my first powder did that out to a good 15 feet or so). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Z Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Have you ever fired a primed case in a darkened room? I think you'll see a lot of the white sparks that you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Neill Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Some years ago I did an article on muzzle flash. This included taking pictures of the muzzle flash in the dark. It was very interesting to see the various white streaks and rings of incandescent gases in the photos that are normally not seen by the eye. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Man Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I thought this was going to be a 3N37 thread! FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gun Geek Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Out of my Kimbers Clays does exactly what you are talking about - A little blue flame in the middle, lots of white sparks (maybe a foot) coming from the muzzle. It didn't seem to be overly bright, just white. I found it the first time we did a low-light IDPA stage at an indoor range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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