Posted: 5/12/2004 6:59:13 AM EDT
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Hey guys, I posted the question a while back, but I can’t find it now. I have been trying to get a tracer load to work for a while now. I have tried the following powders, all near the max load: AA2230, IMR 4895, IMR 3031. Last night I tried IMR 4895 and still am not having any luck getting these things to light. Am I not going to see a trace at 100Yds? I tried shooting them in my 20” bushmaster and my Bushmaster M4gry. No luck seeing traces from either rifle. I have probably fired over 100 of my loaded tracers with various loads and have not seen one trace yet. The longest range I have access to is 100Yds. I have one more type of powder to try, Win 748 so we’ll see what happens. Any insight would be great. Eric |
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I bought some M856 tracers from ammoman back in March. I should have read the ammo FAQ first though, seeing as how a 1:9 twist won't stabalize the bullet. You know this, right? You'll need a 1:8 or 1:7 to stabalize the longer tracer round. The only rifle I own I can use to shoot these tracers is my RRA Varminter. 
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You also might just be seeing the tracer start to fire at 100 yards, I shoot lots of tracers that I reload and they get quite a ways out there before you can see the trace. Also the 1 in 9 will stabilize them fine, it's just not quite as accurate. I shoot them out of a 1 in 8 and 1 in 9 DPMS and they are equally accurate. One more problem is make sure the tracers still have their "pellet" of tracer material in the bullet. Some dumbass was selling a sack of 500 tracer .223's at the last show for some exhorbitant price. The only problem; only about 5% of the bullets actually still had the pellet. he got all pissy when I pointed out to him that he was basically selling 55 gr bullets and not really tracers. cbr |
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IMR 4064 reliably lights my .223 and .308 tracers. I buy the bullets from theammunitionstore, usually at the fun show, but you can get them online. It is very difficult to see a tracer at 100yds in the daytime. NIghtime, you should see them for an instant at 75 yds. I just load them to slightly less than mag length, and use a grainage in the middle of the max/min for that bullet weight. 748 did not light my .223 tracers more than 2 in 10 TXL |
These guys are a rip off!! Don't buy from thieves. IIDBS price $75.00 for 500 Pats Reloading $21.95 for 500 Pat's Reloading I've done business with Pat's for a while now and have NEVER been disappointed. Tracers light right up almost immediately. If you have a question about them ask him when you call, he is upfront and honest as far as I can tell. A good place for all reloading components....'cept SR primers, he doesnt have any last time I checked. |