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tracer
Tracer ammunition (tracers) are bullets or cannon-caliber projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base. When fired, the pyrotechnic composition is ignited by the burning powder and burns very brightly, making the projectile trajectory visible to the naked eye during daylight, and very bright during nighttime firing. This allows the shooter to visually trace the flight path of the projectile and thus make necessary ballistic corrections, without having to confirm projectile impacts and without even using the sights of the weapon. Tracer fire can also be used as a marking tool to signal other shooters to concentrate their fire on a particular target during battle.
When used, tracers are usually loaded as every fifth round in machine gun belts, referred to as four-to-one tracer. Platoon and squad leaders will load some tracer rounds in their magazine or even use solely tracers to mark targets for their soldiers to fire on. Tracers are also sometimes placed two or three rounds from the bottom of magazines to alert shooters that their weapons are almost empty. During World War II, aircraft with fixed machine guns or cannons mounted would sometimes have a series of tracer rounds added near the end of the ammunition belts, to alert the pilot that he was almost out of ammunition. However, this practice similarly alerted astute enemies that their foes were nearly out of ammunition. More often, however, the entire magazine was loaded four-to-one, on both fixed offensive and flexible defensive guns, to help mitigate the difficulties of aerial gunnery. Tracers were very common on most WWII aircraft, with the exception of night fighters, which needed to be able to attack and shoot down the enemy before they realized they were under attack, and without betraying their own location to the enemy defensive gunners. The United States relied heavily on tracer ammunition for the defensive Browning M2 .50 caliber machine guns on its heavy bombers such as the B-24 Liberator, but they found that during deflection shooting, gunners who tried to aim using the tracers rather than the sights ended up not "leading" the enemy aircraft enough and missing, because of an optical illusion that made it appear that the tracers were striking the aircraft, when in reality they were passing significantly behind it. This proved true of fixed forward firing guns as well. In some cases, gunners were ordered not to use tracer ammunition at all, but in the end, with greater emphasis during training on using the sights and not trusting the tracers, the problem was solved to a large degree.
Tracer rounds can also have a mild incendiary effect, and can ignite flammable substances on contact, provided the tracer compound has started burning and is still burning on impact.
For sale is the following
950 M2 AP. 72 of these show no pull marks. Most of these are sorted by length with the exception of 167 of them, of the 167 projectiles 72 of them are the ones without pull marks.
219 Tracers. No pull marks at all. 59 are unpainted and of the 59 projectiles 3 are...
I have 1200+ M62 144gr Military Pull Tracer Bullets (Orange Tips) for sale with an ammo can. I don't see any obvious pull marks but they do still have some sealant residue on them. I have these in Eugene but I generally make a weekly trip Friday and Saturday to Dallas so it's easy to do a meet...
Ammunition depot. U.S. Cartridge new mfg LC brass 55gr tracer rounds. Likely not the highest quality ammo, but for gits & shiggles... interesting stuff.
https://www.ammunitiondepot.com/us-cartridge-5-56-nato-55-gr-tracer.html?unit_type=598
560 rd of JHP, plus 31 tracers
420 rounds of WPA (Wolf Precision Ammo) JHP
40 rounds of TulAmmo JHP
100 rounds of Wolf JHP
All JHP (Jacketed Hollow Points, NOT full metal jacket)
Plus 31 tracer rounds
Full Metal Jacket
All one sale/trade, not interested in partials. Portland area, cash only...
420 rounds of WPA (Wolf Precision Ammo) JHP
40 rounds of TulAmmo JHP
100 rounds of Wolf JHP
All Jacketed Hollow Points
31 tracer rounds
Full Metal Jacket
All one sale, not interested in partials. Portland area or west suburbs, cash only.
Open to the right trade. Tell me what you have.
I have some Orange tip .308 tracer bullets to load. What is a good powder that will reliably ignite these? 846 doesn't seem to do it . I haven't seen any of the military surplus powders with a T behind the number for a decade.
From back in the day when I had a Vickers and a Lewis gun. Over 1,200 rounds offered in four lots. All ammo listed is sold as-is and I cannot guarantee its reliability (some of it is over 80 years old!). I would not use this ammo in a life-or-death situation. Some rounds have some corrosion...
Approximately 1900 "pulled" tracer bullets for sale in bulk - $190.00
They are all of one kind: either M62 (142 gr. for .308) or M25 (145 gr. for .30-06). At present, I'm not sure which, but I'm trying to get the weight properly measured. "Pulled" means they were once part of a loaded...
100rds of 308/7.62 tracer rounds 147gr.
I sold my AR10 so trade for $100 worth of 5.56 or 40sw ammo ,no steel cased ammo though please, or $100 cash
Trade ratio of 125rds of 40sw or 5.56 for these 100 308
I have 250 rounds of 308 tracer, loose in the box. It is mostly Lake City brass. Has been disassembled and reloaded by commercial reloaders and when the bullets were tumbled for reloading, most of the red tip paint was removed, but they trace reliably. $190.00 cash.
I have 100 rounds of 308-7.62x51 tracer ammo. Mostly Lake City brass. This has been reloaded by commercial reloaders, and when the bullets were tumbled before reassembly most of the red paint on the tips came off, but I have shot a lot of this ammo and they trace reliably. $95.00 per hundred...
I have a quantity of .308 Lake City orange tip tracer available. It is loose in ammo cans and as this is a “fun” item I am selling for $1.50 a round. Would be willing to work on larger orders. Meet in Vancouver and surrounding areas.
I have 100 rds of 308 tracer ammo, brass case. It has been remanufactured by commercial reloaders so when the projectiles were tumbled the red tip paint came off. I have shot a lot of this ammo and it traces reliably. Mostly Lake City brass. Lot of fun after dark. $95.00 cash. Gary.
I have 800 tracer rounds where 600 of these are Lake City and 200 are Twin Cities.
I bought these a few years back and don't know too much about them. I did shoot 200 of them and they functioned perfectly.
They are in the original boxes of 20 each. You can see in the photo that I taped shut one...