22 cal tracer rounds (with video)
- Thread starter chalkriver
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Tracers are a serious fire hazard. A pack of matches is a ridiculous comparison. Matches don't get projected thousands of feet into the bush in quantities by the dozen, sparking fires that you don't know are burning until it's too late. Even if you do spot the fire, how fast do you think you can travel downrange with any sort of firefighting equipment that you won't have in your possession anyways?
Some schadenfreude at the expense of the French makes the case: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hR3x7TEcaRmdlR19k5qwDunsyNTQ
Some schadenfreude at the expense of the French makes the case: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hR3x7TEcaRmdlR19k5qwDunsyNTQ
^^ This ^^
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Just received an e-mail from pineymountain who make the ammo....
no export license
Too bad that would be fun to try again....reminds me of the FNC1 and a 20 round mag full of tracers...lol
Why not find a US exporter to purchase from the supplier and then ship north. Very cool, I'd buy a crate...
- Location
- Georgetown Ontario
Of all the forest fires in Canada lately how many were started with tracers? And how many were started with matches. Other people have it right, yahoo's using said items. I have not seen or heard of anyone shooting tracers causing fires lately! I have heard of campers and hikers causing some though. Camp fires started by matches getting out of hand or not being properly extinguished.
Lets be realistic here, we are not talking military volume usage here! We are talking some legal gun owners sometimes shooting a few tracers now and again. Not really any issue here about tracers starting forest fires that I can see.
I watched this video too, did you grab it from reddit 
I believe according to this RCMP document that tracers are illegal
"Consult with the Explosives Regulatory Division at NRCan to determine if the ammunition you wish to import is authorized and approved for importation and use in Canada. Note that tracer, armour-piercing and similar military cartridges are prohibited under Canadian law."
Link: ww w.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/pub/bsf5044-eng.html
I believe according to this RCMP document that tracers are illegal
"Consult with the Explosives Regulatory Division at NRCan to determine if the ammunition you wish to import is authorized and approved for importation and use in Canada. Note that tracer, armour-piercing and similar military cartridges are prohibited under Canadian law."
Link: ww w.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/pub/bsf5044-eng.html
Same ol' arguments... ban tracers because they might start fires, ban handguns because they might kill people. Tracers don't cause fires, yahoos shooting without a proper backstop cause fires. And yes, use proper caution when using.
I fought many a brush-fire in Gagetown caused by 50-cal tracers, and a few caused by artillery. Good times...(cough, cough)
I fought many a brush-fire in Gagetown caused by 50-cal tracers, and a few caused by artillery. Good times...(cough, cough)
Tracers light up when traveling at speed. once stopped do they continue burning like a match? No. Hardly a forest fire hazard. Starting fires is not that easy folks, even with a match. It takes a lot of heat applied for a given period of time on something that is actually ready to burn. You could shoot tracers into a sawdust pile and likely never start a fire. where or where has common sense gone????
Tracer ammo isn't prohibited and is commonly available.
Chief Firearms Officer of PEI disagrees with me though.
Oh wait, didn't they(some government dudes) suddenly, without warning, scoop up all the tracer ammo from dealers a year or so ago saying they hadn't been approved for import?
- Location
- Georgetown Ontario
The new type may do that but older stuff burns a compound packed into the base of the bullet and burns until extinguished. Care must be used when shooting tracers as they can start fires under certain conditions. Anyone I know that shoots them does so responsibly.
