Just wondering what adverse effects (if any) there would be on a barrel when shooting tracer projectiles? Do they damage or screw with the accuracy of a barrel in any way? Would I be nuts to consider using some of these through a match grade barrel? Your thoughts please....
Tracers projectiles and their effect on barrels??
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Firing tracers shouldn't have any effect on the future accuracy of your barrel. Tracers ARE inherently less accurate as their weight changes during flight, but that has nothing to do with the rifle. The phosphorous that creates the tracer effect is in a recess in the base of the round, and will not contact the rifling of your barrel.
Edit: This info is regarding military issued tracers. YMMV if you're using some half-a$$ed "build-your-own" tracers.
Edit: This info is regarding military issued tracers. YMMV if you're using some half-a$$ed "build-your-own" tracers.
Ya, I'm just looking at the sh*t and giggle factor and not accuracy. That being said, I don't want to wreck a barrel in the process.
I'm also curious about this. For some reason I see tracers leaving more residue in barrel, or do they not "ignite" until they are exposed to air after they leave the muzzle?
I also think this could be the first tracer/canola oil thread in CGN history...
What is the best oil for heart attack defence....??
I also think this could be the first tracer/canola oil thread in CGN history...
What is the best oil for heart attack defence....??
Omega 3 polyunsaturated fat found in salmon oil and flax seed oil. One serving of salmon a week lowers the risk of heart attack where more then one serving helps but not but not even close as much as that one serving. Pregger and breast feeding women are doing harm to a child (in my mind) if they aren't getting enough omega 3.
I've heard that tracers are bad for barrels, but when I looked into it no one I asked really had firsthand info/experience on them. It looks like that info is out of date anyways.
One guy was pissed that his tracer bullets he bought didn't "light up" when he shot them at his local 25-50 m range, so he figured he needed special (hot) powder in his handloads to "light" the tracer compound. Hence the feeling that tracers are hard on barrels, plus when they light, the hot tracer element adds heat.
I found this all to be baloney... I handloaded some with "cooler" Win 748 ball powder and they lit up just fine. The tracers I shot weren't designed to light up until about 100 yds anyway. Supposedly because the military didn't want the shooters exact position to be exposed. So if they don't light until about 100 yds, theres no way they'd heat up your barrel....
One guy was pissed that his tracer bullets he bought didn't "light up" when he shot them at his local 25-50 m range, so he figured he needed special (hot) powder in his handloads to "light" the tracer compound. Hence the feeling that tracers are hard on barrels, plus when they light, the hot tracer element adds heat.
I found this all to be baloney... I handloaded some with "cooler" Win 748 ball powder and they lit up just fine. The tracers I shot weren't designed to light up until about 100 yds anyway. Supposedly because the military didn't want the shooters exact position to be exposed. So if they don't light until about 100 yds, theres no way they'd heat up your barrel....
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- NATO tracers are designed so that they don't give away the shooters position immediately, so they light up after 100-200m when a barrel is cold, if the barrel is super hot you might be surprised!
- ComBloc tracer ammo does not care about giving away shooter position so they light up as soon as they leave the barrel.
Alex
Not technically, but no one seems to pay much mind to it.
Would you mind explaining it further? Do you offer them?
Tracers are (oddly) not safety cartridges as defined by NRCAN, only safety cartridges are exempt from the explosives storage magazine regs. So unless you have the license, you cannot legally possess tracers. No we do not sell them.
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Tracers are fun, but a big fluffy dry Canola swath will burn like gas so never mix the two in the same field. Same with Flax. Big fires. Huge even.
Tasty stuff though, and healthy is an added bonus.
Tasty stuff though, and healthy is an added bonus.
Well, that just sucks. Read section 3.1 Products not Authorized in Canada. "Ammunition that includes a tracer":
h ttp://www.nrcan.gc.ca/minerals-metals/explosives/4118
Am I correct in assuming that means even rolling your own ammo with pulled tracer projectiles??? And ya, I hear you on starting a fire. Zero chance of starting a fire in the middle of a bare field with lots of snow cover....
h ttp://www.nrcan.gc.ca/minerals-metals/explosives/4118
Am I correct in assuming that means even rolling your own ammo with pulled tracer projectiles??? And ya, I hear you on starting a fire. Zero chance of starting a fire in the middle of a bare field with lots of snow cover....
