223 tracer blanks

[nwbob]

have ammo can full of 223 tracer blanks uncharged can they be shoot with open skirt?

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[Deerhurst]

Never heard of a tracer blank. A tracer requires a projectile. Are they just normal blanks?

 

[nwbob]

what they are is the bullet and shirt open hole when tracer powder would be, a unfinnished tracer are they shootable?

 

[JohnnyMac]

Kinda makes them a hollow point?

 

[JohnnyMac]

Can you post a picture of one of the shells. I'd be interested to see what you're talking about.

 

[nehalemguy]

All kidding aside I have no idea what this means:
"what they are is the bullet and shirt open hole when tracer powder would be, a unfinnished tracer"

Please try to put together a coherent sentence.

This is one of those threads where a picture probably would equal a 1000 words.

 

[nwbob]

ok lets say you have a tracer bullet in your hand and you turn it to look at the tracer material and there is nothing there just a open hole

 

[nehalemguy]

ok lets say you have a tracer bullet in your hand and you turn it to look at the tracer material and there is nothing there just a open hole

Ok, so you have projectiles that do not have the tracer compound in place. What do they weigh? Got a scale handy?

-E-

 

[nwbob]

62 grs but the question is are they safe to shoot with a open skirt

 

[JohnnyMac]

Seeing that I've never had the opportunity to look at or physically hold an empty tracer round, my suggestion would be don't risk ruining your gun, injuring yourself or others or worse. Either fill the holes with an appropriate substance or trade/sell them to someone who can. Just my two cents. Probably only worth a penny.

 

[Certaindeaf]

ok lets say you have a tracer bullet in your hand and you turn it to look at the tracer material and there is nothing there just a open hole

That's just a regular bullet.

 

[Certaindeaf]

62 grs but the question is are they safe to shoot with a open skirt

Regular FMJ'S have kind of a cup/divot at the base where you can see the lead core. It's how they're made.

 

[nehalemguy]

62 grs but the question is are they safe to shoot with a open skirt

I have projectiles that have open jackets at the base where the lead is exposed. What makes you believe these are "blank" tracer bullets and not just normal bullets?

62 grains sounds to me like a normal 5.56/.223 projectile. A picture would still be best to show us what you have.

-E_

 

[Flopsweat]

The hole would be much deeper than a half-circle on a tracer.

 

[nehalemguy]

Do they look like this?

 

[CLT65]

I know what he's talking about- I have a few around here somewhere too. They are a long tracer bullet, but the bottom third of so is just an empty tube.

Personally I would absolutely NOT load and shoot them. It seems to me that the pressure behind the bullet would be then inside the jacket, pressing the jacket against the bore. It seems like a real recipe for major over-pressure.

 

[Flopsweat]

I know what he's talking about- I have a few around here somewhere too. They are a long tracer bullet, but the bottom third of so is just an empty tube.

Personally I would absolutely NOT load and shoot them. It seems to me that the pressure behind the bullet would be then inside the jacket, pressing the jacket against the bore. It seems like a real recipe for major over-pressure.

Sounds like good advice.

 

[TTSX]

I know what he's talking about- I have a few around here somewhere too. They are a long tracer bullet, but the bottom third of so is just an empty tube.

Personally I would absolutely NOT load and shoot them. It seems to me that the pressure behind the bullet would be then inside the jacket, pressing the jacket against the bore. It seems like a real recipe for major over-pressure.

I'd be more curious if they'd seat at all with a more or less unsupported jacket?

 

[nwbob]

seating is not a issue you will be above the skirt its what would the skirt do flare your not?

 

[CLT65]

Do they look anything like these?