- Jul 29, 2014
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That may have been a belt of M60 Vietnam War era ammo.
Do they allow mad minutes at Delmarva...
That may have been a belt of M60 Vietnam War era ammo.
Tracers are only really cool at night in large numbers
I remember my first time shooting them at a night fire with 50 lanes firing.....the range looked like Star Wars. It was awesome to watch.
As for usefulness....there is none from a semi auto rifle. You have enough control over the rifle at a relatively slow rate of fire that you shouldn't need tracers
Tracers come in handy for crew serve weapons with high rates of fire. They are necessary when you are trying to walk a machine gun onto a Target at 200 rounds a minute
They are also necessary on large guns like a 25 mm cannon where your target may be 3000m out and you need to track your flight to make adjustments for the next volley. (Also they look super cool in thermal sights)
But in a hand held rifle? They are a novelty one time without much practical use....unless you have an old she'd you really want to burn down from 500 yards away. In that unique scenario.....they serve function.
My uncle gave me a belt of 7.62 rounds, every 4th one was a tracer (maybe 5th). I took the whole thing apart and separated the ammo. I have shot a few of the tracers here and there. The head stamp is '62. Some of them don't light but the ones that did were hard to see at under 100yds due to the short flight time and it being daylight out.
I don't know if they used dim tracers back that far. In the '80's, 7.62x51 dim tracer had a purple tip while the standard tracer had a bright orange tip. AFAICR from that long ago.
I don't know if they used dim tracers back that far. In the '80's, 7.62x51 dim tracer had a purple tip while the standard tracer had a bright orange tip. AFAICR from that long ago.
Mine have the orange tips.
They’re not dim tracers like the modern ones that remain dim through the whole burn. They’re set up to burn a dim compound at close range and the bright compound kicks in further out.
Some of the WWII tracers did that by design
http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=50144
Orange tip 7.62 would be M62 and I’ve read that it does the same of being dim at close range
You should see a doctor about that
I had a bunch mixed in with M-80 ball with the paint rubbed off. Shot them off and proceeded to catch a field on fire. I was able to kick it out before I burned the wood down. Be careful where and when you shoot them.
I have never know them to cause damage to a barrel. What are you guys referring to in that regard?
Good Luck
Jerry
The magnesium mix in the tail causes erosion due to the higher heat.