Seeing the bullets

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I went shooting earlier today, and I had a few rounds of Remington Thunderbolts to waste, so I aimed at a snowbank about 200 yards away. I guess it's because I was shooting against a pure white background, but I was able to watch the bullet along its trajectory to the snowbank. Very cool! :D I know shooting my pellet gun, which is probably about 300FPS, I can see the bullet if I shoot into the air, but this is the first time I have seen anything faster. The bullet sure does drop at 200 yards!
 
Good eyes Sean! :D
In the old days this was the average long range for .22 shooting. :D

I'd Make some little 6" high snowmen at 200 yards, and play sniper. :D Hehehe
 
Works best in the evening when you have your back to the sun so that the back of the bullets are illuminated against the background.
 
Grizzlypeg said:
Works best in the evening when you have your back to the sun so that the back of the bullets are illuminated against the background.
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I know that the conditions have to be ideal. I've seen it only once. The same thing happened to me on the farm over 30 years ago as a teenager. My brother was shooting a .303 British at a target about 100 yards away and I could see the bullets streaking like tracers.

Of course nobody believed me when I told them...
 
Calum said:
Good eyes Sean! :D
In the old days this was the average long range for .22 shooting. :D

I'd Make some little 6" high snowmen at 200 yards, and play sniper. :D Hehehe
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I did not go to the trouble of making snowmen, but I did find snow clumps through my scope and watch them explode! Ah, today was a good day, -10C, virtually no wind, and I was out shooting!
 
I've shot my 10/22 at dusk and find that you can still see a red glow from th brass as it is ejected. I can also see streaks of burning embers out of the barrel.
I just wish my range would let us shoot after dark. I'd love to see what my 1911 looks like in the twilight.
 
Was at a sillhouette match back in Oct. I was spotting for a guy shooting lead out of a 7TCU. Through the spotting scope, it looked like someone was throwing those bullets underhand! Very cool.
 
Depending on the angle of the shot and time of day, its possible to see the shot cloud from a 1 & 1/8th oz load of no.9 shot. I swear I an occasionally see CB-longs too.
 
I've almost always been able to see the bullets when shooting my Savage 22. When I miss the silouettes at 100 yrs, I can occasionally tell if I'm high or low by where the blur goes.

I use my scope at 9x, I'm not sure if that makes a difference or not.
 
You can see the bullet in a 20x scope when shooting at 100 or 200 yards, aqnd on certainm days I can watch the bullets out of our modern wildcats going out to the 1K target with my own eyes!:eek:
Very cool to watch a vapour trail from a 140 grain bullet running about 3,000FPS!
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I too have seen the bullets and they were good. And they said unto my target "blam". The shell was ejected and I was blessed. Amen...

But seriously, it happened once, that fresh snowy background helps, the conditions have to be ideal methinks.

Anyone else ever fired a Mosin Carbine at night? Holy ####...all you need is marshmallows on the bayonet...
 
i see it every year at the BCRA precision rifle champs :p

watching the round hit the target from 500 meters away is pretty nifty :)
 
Not milsurp related, but a few weeks ago on a chilly mid-day I could see the 9mm bullets from my carbine. A co-shooter standing to the side later could see them too. That was definately nifty.
 
I've seen .45ACP bullets when I was watching someone shooting a 1911 against a dark, shady background while everything else was in sunlight.
 
I've never seen it with a .22, but I have seen it plenty of times with the C6. On a moderately windy day you can see the wind push the bullets once they pass the 400m mark. At 800m it is even more profound. When shooting in the light role at 800m, the smoke clears in time for you to see the burst hit the dirt... it's something to see. But the easiest bullets to see are on a hot, humid day, especially with a pair of bino's or spotting scope.

There's nothing cooler than 20 bullets flying though the sky, all visible to the naked eye.
 
Tyler said:
There's nothing cooler than 20 bullets flying though the sky, all visible to the naked eye.
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Better outgoing then incoming.:D

Last summer I was watching some documentary about A-stan, and one of the allied Afghan fighters brought his Video camera with him right into battle as they were attacking a Taliban Stronghold.

You could see AK rnds buzzing by the camera lens, and I mean buzzing! :eek:
 
on a bright day i can see my 22's with old K8 Weaver.sometimes i can see wind effect too.
do see this all one needs is scope with very sharp optics
 
Hi Guys

Bullet swirl can be seen more clearly on humid days,It's easier to see if you are setup as a spotter for a shooter,set up so you are slightly behind the shooter , looking down the barrel as much as possible.A 20x spotting scope is best for this you can watch the bullet all the way out to 600m and beyond.

It's way cool
 
I've seen it once. Was at night with my 22 while kneeling in front of a JEEP with lights on high beam. Just was shooting at a block of wood at about say 20 to 25 yards. I could see the bullet traveling with in a few yards of the barrel and the rest of the way to the target. At first I thought, did I really see it? Then after several more, YES it was true I did. After catching sight of one the rest were easy to see because I became aware and knew how and where to focus.:cool:
 
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