GUNS AND HEAT MAKE FOR INTERESTING DIALOGUE.



THIS PRI FOREND IS THE ONE WE SEE REQUESTED MOST IN OUR COMPETITION UPPERS, AS IT WEIGHS ONLY 10.7 OUNCES, COMPLETE.

MY MEMORY OF THERMODYNAMICS IS PRETTY RUSTY, BUT, FROM WHAT I CAN REMEMBER - HEAT IS TRANSFERRED VIA:

1. CONDUCTION

2. CONVECTION

3. RADIATION

ALL THE HEAT SHIELD DOES IS PREVENT THE RADIATION OF HEAT FROM THE BARREL AND GAS TUBE TO THE SUPPORT HAND. IT DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH HEAT TRANSFER (INCREASE) VIA CONDUCTION AND ACTUALLY DECREASES HEAT TRANSFER (LOSS) VIA CONVECTION.

3-GUN STAGES USUALLY DO NOT EXCEED A COUPLE OF MAGS, BUT THE SHOOTING IS PRETTY FAST AND FURIOUS. HOWEVER, THE SHOOTING IS OVER LONG BEFORE ANY SIGNIFICANT HEAT TRANSFER VIA CONDUCTION CAN TAKE PLACE. FOLKS THEREFORE HAVE NO HEAT RELATED ISSUES WITH THESE FORENDS IN 3-GUN.

IN A SEVERAL HOUR GUNFIGHT, LIKE THE SIEGE OF C.P.A. HEADQUARTERS IN NAJAF, IRAQ, APRIL 2ND, 2004, WHERE A DOZEN OR SO AMERICANS HELD OFF 500 INSURGENTS, KILLING 50 AND WOUNDING 200, IT WOULD GET PRETTY TOASTY, SO LONG AS YOU DID NOT RUN OUT OF AMMO, WHICH THEY NEARLY DID ONCE.

MSTN HAD "CUSTOMERS" IN THAT FIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, HOT GUNS WERE NOT THEIR LARGEST CONCERN.

COLDBLUE ONCE COMMENTED TO THE EFFECT THAT HIS M16 GETTING HOT WAS A TACTILE INDICATION THAT THINGS WERE NOT GOING WELL FOR HIM AND HIS MEN.

WHAT DO YOU WANT THE GUN TO TELL YOU?

WES GRANT
M.S.T.N.