tracers

In themselves... No. Now for hunting they are illegal, and be very carefull with them. These thingies can start fires easely.
 
Good becuase a relation to the CFO in BC is telling me they are illegal....


I wouldnt be using them for hunting....just something fun to shoot at the range.
 
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Your Kidding right?

I stand corrected as per my quote, CFC course only refers to explode on impact and even i make mistakes. Yes it is under the explosive act but not defined in the firearms act. MY BAD. I guess i can go burn off my case of 8mm now. In 1994 when i took my instructors course TRU Trace was the only legal import tracer ammo which came in several pistol calibres and 12 ga shotgun as it would not ignite anything on impact. The same cannot be said for military surplus, bin there done that. I guess my master instructor was flawed and its time for me update my info. Never to old to learn.

Kelly
 
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Smokin Gun said:
Couldnt help but notice the post so tell me what part of the Firearms course didnt you read. The grey area is over ownership and discharge, discharge is illegal except for a product called tru trace but there is no where that says you cant have them for collection purposes. But like all situations it up to the arresting officer if you get caught, good luck with it.:runaway:
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Discharge of what?
 
Smokin Gun said:
Couldnt help but notice the post so tell me what part of the Firearms course didnt you read. The grey area is over ownership and discharge, discharge is illegal except for a product called tru trace but there is no where that says you cant have them for collection purposes. But like all situations it up to the arresting officer if you get caught, good luck with it.:runaway:
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Where in the CFSC does it say this?
 
Smokin Gun said:
Couldnt help but notice the post so tell me what part of the Firearms course didnt you read. The grey area is over ownership and discharge, discharge is illegal except for a product called tru trace but there is no where that says you cant have them for collection purposes.
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Instead of refering to CFSC course, you should be quoting the Firearms Act and Regulations. Anything other than what is written in the Act is just someones gun control wet dream. Remember that Windy and her ilk also had a hand in writing the text for the course.

I could only find one reference to "tracer" ammunition and it wasn't in the Firearms Act but in the Explosives Act, and it was only in a definition.

Explosives Regulations

C.R.C., c. 599

EXPLOSIVES ACT

"safety cartridge" means a cartridge for any shotgun, gun, rifle, pistol, revolver and industrial gun the case of which can be extracted after firing and that is so closed as to prevent any explosion in one cartridge being communicated to another cartridge but does not include tracer, incendiary, high explosive or other similar military type cartridges; ( cartouche de sûreté );
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http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ShowTd...l=A&statuteyear=all&lengthannual=50&length=50

There are some regulatons about the maximum explosive content of a cartridge (tracer) which will determine what class it is in, but I couldn't really find that it is prohibited.

The Explosvies Act might make it illegal if you don't have the appropriate permit for whatever Class of explosive it falls into.
 
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So shooting a tracer is perfictly legal, as well as owning them. Good.


Im not going to tell my friend who is realted to a firearms officer about this, becuase he can think whatever he wants.
 
My take on it:
Prohibited is a projectile that ignites or explodes on impact.
Tracer ignites on discharge. Discharge does not equal impact.

I.e. API or API-T are legal, HE are not.
 
Tracers DO NOT start fires unless the grass is very, very dry and you are very unlucky. Tracers are NOT illegal in any way, shape or form. Incendiaries are illegal. They are made to start fires.
AP is not illegal either, but most ranges won't let you shoot them because of perceived damage to range facilities. A lot of ranges won't let you shoot milsurp ammo for the same reason. Said damage is usually caused by idiots shooting as fast as they can without aiming.
 
you should't tell him anything. If i know him, and i think i do, he would run to daddy and shoot his mouth off. let me know when you plan to shoot them off OK
 
Guys, is there anything on the firearms centre website that says anything about tracers?

Ill print it off and give it to him so he shuts his mouth.
 
tiriaq said:
API and APIT are incendiary as well as being armour piercing or armour piercing tracer. The incendiary aspect would make them prohibited ammunition.
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Yes, I agree that incendiary part looks scary, but where do they qualify for 'igniting on impact'?

Correct me if I am wrong, but they do not - they ignite just like tracers, on discharge. API round is just another tracer with reduced visibility aspect and increased thermal aspect, or am I off base? Otherwise how do we distinguish between tracer ammo and incendiary ammo?
 
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I fired tracers years ago the are visible upon exiting the barrel which means they are allready hot as for the explosion upon impact .Ive seen non tracer FMJ make an impressive amount of sparks on impact depending on what it hit . Just have fun with em
 
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