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TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
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12/14/11 10:35 PM
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RICK O'SHAY
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Is there any danger of tracer ammo starting a fire? (ok I mean any more danger than regular ammo)
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
[Re: RICK O'SHAY]
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12/14/11 11:27 PM
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mboswell
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Yes. Had that problem a lot on ranges in the military.
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
[Re: mboswell]
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12/14/11 11:30 PM
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Rockinmyshoe
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I dont know but it sure is alot of FUN...
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
[Re: Rockinmyshoe]
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12/14/11 11:37 PM
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Varget 7-08
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My local range had a fire start because somebody was shooting tracer ammo. He "had no idea" what the red tip meant.
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
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12/15/11 11:57 AM
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JVaught
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Yes, I know of a range that had to call the brush trucks out twice due to tracers. Usually a good dirt burm takes care of it, but sometimes the phoshorus comes off the back in route to the target. They're fun, but be careful.
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
[Re: RICK O'SHAY]
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12/15/11 05:10 PM
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ChadTRG42
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Yes, they are a huge fire risk. Be very carefull where the round goes, and don't shoot any tracers when the ground is dry, like during a dought!
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
[Re: ChadTRG42]
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12/15/11 05:52 PM
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Team Hillbilly
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YES we burned many Ranges in the Military
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
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12/17/11 03:15 AM
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cwctx
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YES we burned many Ranges in the Military ^^^^^^^^^^Yep^^^^^^^^^^^ even when there is a heavy morning dew, when ball ammo is pretty safe, tracers will burrow a few inches into the ground and break up scattering fire accross the surface.
Veteran - NRA Life Member I am a legal gun owner. I will not be shamed, bullied, taxed, regulated, or legislated into disarming.
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
[Re: cwctx]
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12/17/11 03:56 PM
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TF Panther
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Yes. One thing I did learn from tracer ammo was how much just shooting into grass can deflect a bullet. While shooting an M 240B using 7.62 ammo (basicaly a .308) with a tracer every 5th round I was shocked as I was pouring lead into a grassy area as to how many of my tracers were being turned skyward from the grass itself! Good learning expierience. They would enter the grass and were comming out at all kinds of different angles heading back up. You could actually watch the grass deflect the bullet and see it deflect off the outer grass and never enter the heart of the clumps.
It did not catch the grass on fire as in my situation it would have been helpful. Guess it is like everthing else, when you want it to work it won't, when you don't it will.
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
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12/17/11 10:00 PM
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NORML as can be
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YES we burned many Ranges in the Military X2
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
[Re: NORML as can be]
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12/17/11 11:24 PM
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jeh7mmmag
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Caught a bunch of tires on fire shooting Milsurp tracers 30-06 LC.
�Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.� ~ John Muir
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
[Re: NORML as can be]
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12/18/11 02:52 AM
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pigplinker
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YES we burned many Ranges in the Military X2 On a night range firing 50cal I watched a 50cal tracer come back towards the firing line. Glad it fell short, but made me think about the rounds that where not tracers. I also watched many ranges catch fire with tracers. X2 on the not while burn bans or in effect.
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Re: TRACER AMMO.... ANY FIRE HAZARD???
[Re: NORML as can be]
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12/18/11 12:30 PM
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Dave Davidson
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Panther, That's interesting. I've always wondered.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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