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Posted: 6/15/2003 10:40:04 PM EDT
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That's to short a distance. I think they light at about 100 yards.
Aint nothing like shooting tracers at a target 1000 yards away. |
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Posted: 6/15/2003 11:10:03 PM EDT
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Lotboy...I see your from AZ. Be carefull shooting tracers in the desert, they can start fires...dont ask Like you said, nothing like seeing that tracer go 1000 yards down range from my M1 garand. Jason |
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Posted: 6/15/2003 11:14:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: About how long will it take for a tracer to "light up" after it leaves the barrel? Is it immediate, or does it need a distance to be effective? The reason I ask is because I recently bought some, but the only place I have to shoot it will be no longer than 50 yards. Thanks. Jake If you're talking about .223 tracers (M196 and M856 spec), I believe they're meant to ignite between 50 and 75 yards, with a maximum effective range (based on tracer burnout) of 500 yards for the M196 and 875 yards for the M856. Sometimes, however, they ignite before they ever leave the barrel. |
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Posted: 6/17/2003 3:37:06 AM EDT
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Jake --
You'll probably not see military tracers at 50 yards or only a few of them. The tracer element only burns for a very short period of time and there's no need to trace short range fire. I don't have my notes handy, but I doubt US 5.56mm tracers burn much beyond 400 or 500 meters. 7.62mm will go to 800 or so, but they're much larger. -- Chuck |
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Posted: 6/17/2003 9:30:32 AM EDT
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Quoted: Jake -- You'll probably not see military tracers at 50 yards or only a few of them. The tracer element only burns for a very short period of time and there's no need to trace short range fire. I don't have my notes handy, but I doubt US 5.56mm tracers burn much beyond 400 or 500 meters. 7.62mm will go to 800 or so, but they're much larger. -- Chuck Correct. The last layer of pyrotechnic mixture is called the dim igniter element. It burns but with a very low glow and this is what igites the next layer which is the actual tracer mixture. Someone figured out that it probably wouldn't be a good idea to have the tracer mixture ignite right out of the barrel as you don't need to see the tracer for short distances (< 50 yards). More importantly, this also helps to conceal the shooter (Remember Murphy's Rules of Combat--Tracers work both ways!). |
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Posted: 6/17/2003 10:53:28 AM EDT
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M196 tracers (red tip, 55gr, long out of production) light at around 40-50 yards and stay lit out to about 300 yards.
M856 tracers (orange tip, 61gr) light at about 75 yards and stay lit between 600-700 yards. Both are VERY good at starting fires, so don't shoot them anywhere you wouldn't throw a lit road flare. -Troy |
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Posted: 6/17/2003 6:15:38 PM EDT
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Thanks for the info, guys. Looks like I need to scare up somewhere to fire em off without burning up half of Texas.
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