Tracer Rounds (split from Gun Cabinet, Where?)

Rovi

Hmmmmmmmmm................................
Talking to myself again

Rovi wrote:

Mil surplus .50 BMG SHOULD be cheaper than that

How about US$159.99 for 50 Armor-Piercing or US$189.99 for 50 Tracers???

And a free storage box


Let's see...........................
(consults www.xe.com)
That's €2.38 a shot for AP, and €2.83 each for Tracer.

I'd buy a couple of boxes of those


Dear Garda Superintendant,
Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please,..........................etc, etc, etc.
:rolleyes:

Sparks

Well, if you have to have tracer...
http://www.22ammo.com/tracer.html
About $18 for 50...



(Don't think I'll be putting it down my barrel anytime soon, mind )

Rovi

Rovi wrote:

How about US$159.99 for 50 Armor-Piercing or US$189.99 for 50 Tracers???

And a free storage box

DOH!
Forgot the url-
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jhtml?id=0024235215338a&navAction=push&navCount=5&indexId=cat20839&podId=0024235&catalogCode=IE&parentId=cat20839&parentType=index&rid=&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fcatalog%2Fitem-link.jhtml.1_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20712&hasJS=true

They also do dummy rounds-
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/vertical-item.jhtml?id=0003714214135a&navAction=push&navCount=2&indexId=cat20839&podId=0003714&catalogCode=IE&parentId=cat20839&parentType=index&rid=&cmCat=MainCatcat20712&hasJS=true


Won't ship 'em to Ireland though

Rovi

Sparks wrote:

Well, if you have to have tracer...
http://www.22ammo.com/tracer.html
About $18 for 50...


(Don't think I'll be putting it down my barrel anytime soon, mind )

From NewScientist.com:
Tracer bullets which can be seen as they are fired from a gun to their target are normally used in machine guns to help the shooter see if they are hitting their target. They are also used for the last few rounds in the magazine or belt to indicate it is time to reload. They are most commonly made in military calibres. However, in the US they are available for civilian and police use in all calibres from 0.22 inches to 0.50 inches and also in shotgun gauges.

There are three types: bright trace, subdued bright trace and dim trace. The standard bright tracer bullet starts burning at the muzzle, while the subdued bright tracer bullet doesn't burn at full brightness until 100 metres or more after it has left the muzzle to avoid giving away the shooter's position. Dim tracer bullets produce a trace that is difficult to see with the unaided eye but is visible with night vision equipment.

The combustion products of tracer bullets foul up barrels so tracer bullets are only used in a ratio of one tracer bullet to four or five non-tracer standard bullets to prevent clogging. To make the ratio easy to determine, tracer bullets are plainly marked. For example, it is US military and NATO practice to identify bright tracer bullets by a red or orange tip and dim tracer bullets by a violet tip.

Tracer bullets can start fires and should only be used under controlled conditions. Because of this they are illegal in many locations.

More at Wikipedia-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracer_ammunition



Here's a .50 cal firing tracers.
Are they ricocheting off something on the horizon???

I have a few left of a 50 box for the .22. Good fun on an occasional basis through a plinking rifle.
Wouldn’t use them in a target barrel though!
Can you still get them here???
I’m heading for the old shootin’ iron shop tonight, so I’ll find out then.

jaycee

I Thought they had them in G&H's in Athy..
I bought a box ages ago... good fun ..

Shot a rabbit by accident with one..... Ouch :eek:
(I hadn't looked very carefully when I loaded the mag)

JayCee

Sparks

Shot a rabbit by accident with one

What did you think you were aiming at?
(And was it a self-cauterising wound?

civdef

"I Thought they had them in G&H's in Athy.."

Certainly used to anyway - RWS stuff, it's actually not hard on barrels either.

jaycee

Sparks wrote:

What did you think you were aiming at?
(And was it a self-cauterising wound?

I was aiming at the rabbit intentionally ...I just didn't realise
that the round I had loaded was a tracer ..!

As to the wound being "self-cauterising" ...
It may well have been as I didn't notice it when it came out of
the oven later on...

Irishglockfan

Here is just the gun for 22 tracer ammo and general fun methinks

www.lakesideguns.com

allnight_2002

Do you think my local supper would give me a cert

jaycee

Irishglockfan wrote:

Here is just the gun for 22 tracer ammo and general fun methinks

www.lakesideguns.com

LOL ... Just perfect . especially with a licence to have a maximum 100 rounds
in your posession ...about 3 seconds worth.
At that rate I figure it would cost a fortune in diesel ...driving in and out to the gunshop..


"Dear Superintendent ... you wouldn't believe the problem we have around here with.....
Ummm... Wasps !"

Sparks

jaycee wrote:

I was aiming at the rabbit intentionally ...I just didn't realise
that the round I had loaded was a tracer ..!

Ah!
That's a bit more reassuring

As to the wound being "self-cauterising" ...
It may well have been as I didn't notice it when it came out of
the oven later on...

*hehe*
And it's hard to notice a wound in rabbit pie!