The use of shears is especially common when flame cutting would be dangerous.

Flame cutting was introduced, allowing for cleaner cuts than the cracking method.

Also called "burning stabilized laser gas cutting", "flame cutting".

Flame cutting is a destructive phenomenon that occurs in some firearms (usually revolvers) as a result of hot gases under high pressure.

Due to flame cutting of the top strap of revolvers when shooting cartridges loaded with 125 grain bullets, Ruger discontinued their revolver in this cartridge after a short production run.

Despite stellar performance, the high pressure and velocity of the cartridge caused flame cutting of revolver top straps (due to the use of light 110 and 125 grain bullets), and the cartridge has since been dropped by all manufacturers who so chambered their revolvers.