Can anyone else see bullets ?

[TBayCigarGuy]

When I'm shooting gongs at 100 yards with my .22, I swear I can see the bullets momentarily before they hit the gong. If I miss, I can see the bullet and I adjust accordingly.

Am I crazy ?

My optometrist says I have exceptional long range vision, and that if my eyesight went down 5 grades (if that's the right term), it would be average.

 

[PGW Steve]

All the time. I see HMR as well depending on the light.

 

[Brianma65]

No,
But I see dead people

 

[SigWig]

Yes targets in the shade but sun all the way up to them. It is awesome

Tracers should be legal. They do have a sporting purpose for instant feed back

 

[TBayCigarGuy]

That's good to know, I've been afraid to bring it up in conversation, in case people think I'm nuts.

 

[Robert Nicholson]

Meanwhile, I am doing well if I can just see the target.

 

[kodiakjack]

Yep. All about light and backdrop.

 

[kodiakjack]

Yes targets in the shade but sun all the way up to them. It is awesome

Tracers should be legal. They do have a sporting purpose for instant feed back

Since when are tracers not legal?

 

[cdill]

Meanwhile, I am doing well if I can just see the target.

This ^

 

[SigWig]

sorry they are legal, they just can't be sold by a business

 

[BigRobb]

Yes. 45acp is pretty easy to see in the right light.

 

[C.Bass]

Yes i have seen this as well in the right light. If I remember correctly it was from a friends handgun and the bullets were moving in the neighbourhood of 800 feet per second (not very fast)

 

[383SB]

Wait until winter, very easy to see at times.

 

[Engineer]

When I'm shooting gongs at 100 yards with my .22, I swear I can see the bullets momentarily before they hit the gong. If I miss, I can see the bullet and I adjust accordingly.

Am I crazy ?

My optometrist says I have exceptional long range vision, and that if my eyesight went down 5 grades (if that's the right term), it would be average.

I guess it depends on if you mean though your scope, in that case yup, all the time.

 

[islandguy]

Yep. All about light and backdrop.

Exactly. Love seeing that grey flash. Have actually been able to see where it impacts the target at times.

 

[islandguy]

I guess it depends on if you mean though your scope, in that case yup, all the time.

I see it often and I never use a scope. Aperture sights only. That said, I can't ever recall seeing it using open sights (buckhorn rear and bead front).

 

[1-trident-1]

Yes targets in the shade but sun all the way up to them. It is awesome

Tracers should be legal. They do have a sporting purpose for instant feed back

tracers can start fires,

 

[Major Sights]

yup, when I'm at my camp throughout the year and shooting of the deck, as long as the sun is behind me I can see em from 25m all the way out to 200m with the 22lr.

 

[Milanczar]

Soldiers in the 19th and previous centuries that used gunpowder report being able to see artillery cannon balls/shell etc at certain angles near to the path of (but obviously not too near) the shots trajectory

Those of course were not travelling that fast relatively

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-possible-for-a-human-to-see-the-bullet-when-its-fired-from-any-gun-Can-human-be-so-quick-to-react-and-block-or-get-out-of-the-way

 

[TBayCigarGuy]

I guess it depends on if you mean though your scope, in that case yup, all the time.

Yep, through the scope