Tracers

[Jack W]

Anyone shoot 22lr tracers? Do they work very well? Thinking of getting some and maybe get my granddaughter interested in something besides the phone...

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Would tracers be a good idea right now?

 

[Mills]

Anyone shoot 22lr tracers? Do they work very well?

No and No

 

[baboon]

Well yes indeed I shoot Piney Mountain .22 tracers in both green & red. Both light fast and are both clear in daylight. The rock shooting full auto or from 40 mm Hornets nest rounds

Now for the the buzz kill they ain’t cheap, not always available and will start fires, so most ranges do not allow them.

 

[Fishkiller]

I have them and they are fun to shoot as @baboon says very pricey, almost $25 for a box of 50. If you shot up in the air they kinda look like a small flare. They burn out before hitting the ground

 

[Dawico]

Would tracers be a good idea right now?

If you want to start a grass fire way over yonder then yes.

 

[Mills]

For a good brush fire starter I recommend ww2 45acp tracer rounds shot out of 1942 Remington Rand.
Don’t ask me how I know this .

 

[rotor]

I have some old 5.56 tracers that I tried to sell. Nobody was interested. Good way to start a fire.

 

[striker55]

Years ago the Marines visited a gun club I belonged to. We got to shoot their M-60, every 5th round was a tracer. We had to make the line safe and run out to stomp out the fires. Still was fun.

 

[seeker_two]

Save your tracers for the indoor range that doesn't get cleaned very often.....they love that stuff....

 

[Sasquatch]

Not .22lr, but back when I had my first HK91 clone, a friend of mine gave me 100 rounds of South African milsurp tracer rounds. Went shooting on another friends property, and we were having fun until we set the grass atop his berm on fire. We got it out, stopped shooting the tracer ammo after that. They look cool but its something I'd only use where there's nothing to burn down.

 

[Wudidiz]

As a soldier I noted that tracers not only show where the round is going, they also show where it came from.

 

[Axxe55]

As dry as most places are right now in Texas, probably not adviseable to be using tracer rounds.

 

[baboon]

One of the best things about tracers are seeing how many shots ricochet on impact.

 

[Tnhawk]

Would tracers be a good idea right now?

Several years ago when I was a RSO I had someone ask about shooting tracers and told him they were against the range rules. A few days later when no RSO was present, he apparently shot the tracers causing a fire down range.