300 blk tracer pulled 308 140 ish grain picked up here work sub?
- Thread starter SUSSEX
- Start date
He’s saying don’t compress the load, cautioning you on a long bullet length.
Unless you want excessive pressure problems.
Will be interesting to see if pistol powders have any effect on the ignition of tracers? Looking forward to hearing the results.
Candocad.
mmcintyre1220
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Tillsonburg, Ontario
Years ago i came into contact with a few 45 acp projectiles . I loaded them up with some 231 and they lit no problem .
mmcintyre1220
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Tillsonburg, Ontario
I have some 147 grain tracer projectiles coming my way. I will let you know how they work in the 300 BLK
No go, fairly accurate at higher loads but no tracer action at all on all loads. Sub sonic all the way up to max charge. Had about 260 yards. Sent a couple from 308 and they did light just to confirm they were still good.
Interesting, I find that the tracers I have seem to take 150-200m to become 'activated' when using a 308. So with 300 AAC BLKOUT, with pistol powder being used i thought there maybe a potential problem.
I will have to try myself. (Maybe some time due to forest fire season is here already!)
Candocad
I have some 147gr tracer pulls (think they are M25 30-06), I've never tried them subsonic with trailboss but supersonic they work great.
I found the same thing as Candocad, they need a minimum of 100 yards to light up then you can watch them burn out to 1000 yards (also loaded them in a 308win).
I do have a nice load with 150gr FMJ's over trailboss very similar to your load, try lobbing them out to 200 yards before you give up.
Since they have become very expensive lately I wouldn't be wasting them shooting 100 yards anyway.
