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Ok i got a bunch of LC .223 red tracers 55g and was shooting them today (its rained here for 3 days i figured good time)

now any special concerns with cleaning?

are they hard on the barrel? its 16" armalite

the tracers were lighting right out the barrel and burning all the way to the 100yrd berm

looked like a red laser beam to the target
 
dont worry about most tracers there fine to use and wont damage your barrel since they ignite at 100m. but since yours are ignited right out of the barrel I would clean your gun right after firing just in case.
 
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Most NATO standard ammunition is usually a mixture of strontium salts and a metal fuel such as magnesium perchlorate so it's a good ideal to clean your barrel after use. And tracer start there ignition in the barrel (obviously)and start to show around 50m-100m. Me and muskie were shooting some of mine and we didn't see them at all on a 100m range and they were still working because I could see smoke in the berm after impact.
 
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Canuck,

Normally, tracer ammo lights up between 100 and 200m. At least, modern manufacture tracer ammo anyhow. Burn time will take you out to around 6-800 meters (usually, sometimes more)

Shooting at long range (500m and more) with tracer is more interesting....you get to see the trajectory.

NS
 
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you can buy ammo that lights right from the barrel.

.223 red and blue tip incindiary tracer ammo. This ammo traces bright red right out of the barrel and flashes/explodes upon impact. You can see this ammo explode with a bright white flash day or night. This ammo will flash burn anything around the target. It burns at 3000 degrees upon impact. This is some really fun and devastating ammo to shoot
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from an auction site, $22USD for 10 rounds
 
Norcyaddict762 said:
They are supposed to be ignited inside your barrel.. they are ignited when the propellant burns. the back end of the bullet contains the tracing compound.
Trust me I know as i have fired enough of them and handloaded them.
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A bright-burning magnesium compound is added to a specially formed cup in the rear of the jacket of a given ammunition type. When the powder is ignited, it in turn ignites the tracing compound. This leaves a bright luminescent trail behind the bullet in flight.


The M856 tracer cartridge (63.7-grain bullet) is used in the M16A2/3/4, M4-series, M249 weapons (among other 5.56-mm NATO weapons). The M856 is designed to trace out to 875 yards. The M856 has a red tip (orange when linked to 4 to 1 for the M249). It is not to be used in the M16A1 except under emergency conditions, and at ranges of less than 90 meters due to the fact that the M16A1's rifling twist isn't sufficient to stabilize the projectile.

The M196 tracer cartridge (55-grain bullet) is another tracer round for 5.56 NATO weapons, but it is just used for training purposes. It has a red tip and designed to trace out to 500 yards.

The M16A2 rifle has a rifling twist of 1 in 7" to stabilize the M856 tracer rounds (since the M856 is a bit longer than the M196).
 
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