Tracers rounds at SGL

[mickey01023]

Are you aloud to fire tracer rounds at the SGLs? I'm doing my research before I pay an ungodly price for them offline and it seems to be that alot of people are started fires or came really close to starting fires.

How bad are they are for your barrel?

[Dredly]

nope they are not legal at SGL ranges

[redeye202]

Originally Posted by mickey01023

Are you aloud to fire tracer rounds at the SGLs? I'm doing my research before I pay an ungodly price for them offline and it seems to be that alot of people are started fires or came really close to starting fires.

How bad are they are for your barrel?

It's a nono at SGL's,go in the woods or mine strippins to shoot tracers,when your done strip the gun down and run hot water down the barrel then dry it good and put a lite coat of oil in the barrel.

[jcabin]

It was there in bold print at the SGL, "no tracer rounds" among a list of other banned ammunition. I'm not entirely sure, I guess the round is known to cause fires from what I understand.

If you want to shoot gasoline with a bullet to ignite a fire, it won't work.
If you shoot a tracer round at the gasoline, it has a great chance of igniting.

Can anyone confirm if this is correct?

[Searcher67]

Yes, those rounds can start fires. I know this first hand, We set some grass land on fire once! My first question would be, why do you want to use tracers in the first place?

[Kaos]

Originally Posted by jcabin

If you want to shoot gasoline with a bullet to ignite a fire, it won't work.
If you shoot a tracer round at the gasoline, it has a great chance of igniting.

Can anyone confirm if this is correct?

We purposefully started a brushfire in this manner to clear some area on some family land. Just filled some gasoline up in a milk jug and shot a tracer at it...the first one didn't ignite it, but when we shot the second one into the ground it started up...slowly...it wasn't some magical blaze of glory.

So yeah, you've got the basic idea..I think mythbusters did an episode with this and they were only able to get gas in a gas tank to ignite off of tracer rounds.

[ReconLdr]

Originally Posted by jcabin

It was there in bold print at the SGL, "no tracer rounds" among a list of other banned ammunition. I'm not entirely sure, I guess the round is known to cause fires from what I understand.

If you want to shoot gasoline with a bullet to ignite a fire, it won't work.
If you shoot a tracer round at the gasoline, it has a great chance of igniting.

Can anyone confirm if this is correct?

Originally Posted by Searcher67

Yes, those rounds can start fires. I know this first hand, We set some grass land on fire once! My first question would be, why do you want to use tracers in the first place?

I have set fire to multiple ranges on military posts with tracers. It doesn't take much. Hell we had to call the fire department more than once. Dead dry grass and a couple of tracers and that's all it takes. If I could figure out how to get the video off my phone and get it to play, I would show you some of the fires we set with tracers.

Tracers will not hurt your barrel. (if they operate as designed) The tracer doesn't ignite until it is out of the barrel.

[tl_3237]

058 Pa. Code § 135.181. Rifle and handgun ranges.
(b) Prohibited acts. At a rifle and handgun range located on land under Commission ownership, lease or jurisdiction, except when authorized by the appropriate regional director or a designee for military or law enforcement training, it is unlawful to:
(3) Discharge armor piercing, incendiary, explosive, tracer or multiple projectile ammunition.

Commission = Game commission

[ErSwnn]

Originally Posted by Searcher67

Yes, those rounds can start fires. I know this first hand, We set some grass land on fire once! My first question would be, why do you want to use tracers in the first place?

If they weren't so expensive and not restricted by so many ranges, I'd use them regularly. Great way to learn the trajectory of bullets....sort of a field trip for physics. Makes for good "point and click" targeting as well. And it's just plain old fun. I want to try some Dragon's Breath shotgun rounds too. But no where I know would allow them so.......oh well.

[mickey01023]

Originally Posted by ErSwnn

If they weren't so expensive and not restricted by so many ranges, I'd use them regularly. Great way to learn the trajectory of bullets....sort of a field trip for physics. Makes for good "point and click" targeting as well. And it's just plain old fun. I want to try some Dragon's Breath shotgun rounds too. But no where I know would allow them so.......oh well.

your basement : )