Tracer Loads? anyone have successful ones?

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Anyone have successful tracer loads they would like to share for

556x45
.303
7.62x51

Or any other calibers they know of, maybe 7.62x54, anything military really.
 
How far are you shooting them? Sometimes you won't see tracers until a little ways out. I use a lot of varget with 7.62, sometimes one of the 4895's, Like I mentioned earlier whatever I need to "dispose" of has always worked for me.
 
Shooting at about 800 yards so they should have plenty of time to ignite. I loaded up some with the powder from pulled military 5.56 and 7.62 so if they don't ignite now I will know the tracer element is junk
 
I've heard suggested making a "pin hole" in some tracers (in the foil backing) to ensure they light just out of the barrel. Anyone try this?
 
"...successful tracer loads..." Successful in what way? The trace element is not lit by the powder, so load for the bullet weight. Just like any other bullet.
"...at about 800 yards..." If the trace element hasn't lit long before the bullet has gone that far, it won't. The trace element usually lights well under 100 yards with any calibre.
"...making a "pin hole"..." The trace element is a phosphorus compound. Phosphorus ingnites in air.
 
sunray said:
"...successful tracer loads..." Successful in what way? The trace element is not lit by the powder, so load for the bullet weight. Just like any other bullet.
"...at about 800 yards..." If the trace element hasn't lit long before the bullet has gone that far, it won't. The trace element usually lights well under 100 yards with any calibre.
"...making a "pin hole"..." The trace element is a phosphorus compound. Phosphorus ingnites in air.
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How is the tracer element lit? And any of the factory tracers I've shot don't light until 100-150 yards, which seems pretty standard across the board from other research I've done.
 
sunray said:
The trace element is not lit by the powder...The trace element is a phosphorus compound. Phosphorus ingnites in air.
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Umm... what? So the projectile is manufactured/stored/loaded in a vacuum? Pulling a tracer from a loaded round would make it ignite by your logic...

I'm not a scientist, but I think you're mis-informed.
 
Sunray may be talking about a new type of tracer not the older types that we are talking about here and have in great quantity in Canada. I'm not 100% sure but isn't there a new type of tracer that has the trace compound at the front of the projectile and is ignited by air friction? ( not air alone like he states)
 
I have pulled out tracer bullets, poured the powder into a little pile, clamped the bullet in vicegrips, then lit the powder and from that got the tracer to ignite.
So I disagree with Sunray on this one.
 
It is not rocket science, most tracers ignite after the bullet travels approximately 100 meters in order not to enable the enemy to pinpoint the shooter

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back40sniper said:
Ignited by air friction?
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Ya! you know that when things travel through air at speed it creates friction right? Eg. the SR71 Blackbird grows several inches because of the air friction and resulting heat buildup during flight. I thought that I saw somewhere about a new type tracer round that used a compound that was ignited by friction. I'll have to do a little digging to see if I can find it again.
 
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