See Bullet Trail on Video

AButler16 · Jan 19, 2017

Maybe its nothing but at 0:56 & 1:26 in the video @1080p setting it looks like a Matrix Style Bullet trail into the target. Didn't know you could see this stuff on video or in real life

Is that what I'm seeing......

Slobray · Jan 19, 2017

The first time I saw bullets traveling down the range was back in '87 at Ft. Campbell, KY. I got to go to an M16 course where all we did was shoot all day, every day for a week or two (I don't remember exactly how long it was). On the final day we had to shoot targets at 500 meters. The instructors had set up a spotting scope and let us watch the bullets as they traveled down the range. It was pretty cool.

Ray

AButler16 · Jan 19, 2017

It's pretty cool to actually see the trajectory. I've watched a lot of videos on the internet but never saw that before.

Slobray said:
The first time I saw bullets traveling down the range was back in '87 at Ft. Campbell, KY. I got to go to an M16 course where all we did was shoot all day, every day for a week or two (I don't remember exactly how long it was). On the final day we had to shoot targets at 500 meters. The instructors had set up a spotting scope and let us watch the bullets as they traveled down the range. It was pretty cool.

Ray

dude23 · Jan 19, 2017

First time I saw the bullet flight in a video was of a guy shooting .300 Win Mag loaded with TSX's hunting big horn sheep. Pretty cool.

I think the visually apparent waves is caused by the displacement of the atmosphere (possibly the water vapor/humidity?) from a super sonic projectile.

Cameron72 · Jan 19, 2017

Back in the late 70's I shot a Charter Arms Bulldog in 41 Special. I could see the bullet travel the 100 yards to the burm. The light must have been just right and they were pretty slow out of that short barrel.

Member 5605 · Jan 19, 2017

I was out a while back with @tarster and I was watching bullets fly out at some distance on the .308's.

I've watched some .44Mag fly to the 200y mark, some .38 specials do the same. quite the lob.

tarster · Jan 20, 2017

Dyjital said:
I was out a while back with @tarster and I was watching bullets fly out at some distance on the .308's.

I've watched some .44Mag fly to the 200y mark, some .38 specials do the same. quite the lob.

It would be interesting if we went out on a mildly foggy or misty kind of a day.. wonder if you could watch the trails in a light fog.

Ura-Ki · Jan 20, 2017

High Humidity will almost always show a vapor trail behind every shot, and if the light is right, you can actually see the bullets in flight! It's pretty cool, and spin drift is pretty fun to actually see! Sure shows just what is happening to the bullets as they leave the muzzle all the way to the target! I went to Marine Corps rifle match one year , the Marines were shooting .300 wim mag, watching the bullets from right behind the shooter, shifting with the wind was simply awesome, man those guys could shoot! I remember watching shot after shot and trying to figure out where the shooter was having to hold to get three different wind directions figured out and get a scoring hit!

DirectDrive · Jan 20, 2017

Ura-Ki said:
High Humidity will almost always show a vapor trail behind every shot

That was my first thought.
With the visible mirage, it must have been a hot summer day and apparently with high humidity.
Grendel guys might not believe the range, though.

ditchtiger · Jan 20, 2017

I've been watching bullets for years. One way, (using jacketed slugs) and a handgun, is to have the sun low and to your back and shoot into a shady target. The sun will light up the bullet like a tracer. Or lead bullets across a snow covered field.