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Sandgroper wrote:

saddler wrote:

condorman wrote:Looks like the 6.5 bullet from the 84mm infantry anti-tank gun sub calibre device they were all tracers with mv of 1050fps
to simulate a heat round trajectory haven't seen one since boy service in the early seventies! those were the days

Thats what the round IS - except mine were sourced from Sweden

Having said that, so were the 84mm sub-cals from all the cartridge head-stamp info I've seen on t'web - much like the good old 84mm itself !

Boy service?
Early 70's nostalgia?
Mutton chop side-burns & bum-fluff on the upper lip.
Flared DPM's & bell-bottom lightweights??
Jumpers for goal-posts....marvelous !

Saddler,
Looking at your picture and the picture in the link I posted (3rd round down) - I would hazard that they are the the same (or very similar). To my, inexpert, eyes it seems that it's a full power round and not a reduced load.

This document is taken from the link (can't seem to put a screen shot on here! :cool2: )

tracer.doc

TRUE

BUT

Other data I have says that the difference between the 2 tracer ROUNDS is the muzzle velocity; NOT the projectile
A bullet that is about 600-700fps slower than normal ball/tracer WILL by definition be a lower power/shorter trace as its going to have a dirt nap at a much reduced distance to the full power version

The link you put up has no MV info - I fond one earlier that DID have the MV info
Regardless - your link DOES have the bullet data - BOTH tracer bullets are the same weight
...leads me to think that the BULLETS are the same - the difference being how much ooomph they have behind them

Make sense?

Makes perfect sense utilising the same projectile at different mv - didn't think of that! BTW, the link I posted listed a MV of 790mps for the sk ptr m/94 slprj m/41 tracer round.

What are you planning to do with these tracer rounds.?
Why all the excitment.?

Alpha1 wrote:What are you planning to do with these tracer rounds.?
Why all the excitment.?

Tracer ammo can be hard to find
6.5x55 tracer is almost impossible

I'll be using it at one of the MoD ETR ranges that I attend - quite interesting to use as you can see the arc of the bullet through the air

Pity its not more common - it'd be a great training aid for newer rifle shooters

Are you allowed to use it on a MOD ETR range.?
I have a tub of .308 tracer bullets under my re loading bench no idea what I am going to do with them.

You can certainly use it at some - "Some days" and then not on other days!!

I've shot it last month at Warcop and Sennybridge.

Mike

Alpha1 wrote:Are you allowed to use it on a MOD ETR range.?
I have a tub of .308 tracer bullets under my re loading bench no idea what I am going to do with them.

My 30-06 said it's feeling quite peckish, if you aren't going to feed them to your 308

condorman wrote:Looks like the 6.5 bullet from the 84mm infantry anti-tank gun sub calibre device they were all tracers with mv of 1050fps
to simulate a heat round trajectory haven't seen one since boy service in the early seventies! those were the days

Condorman...

Correct, it is a bullet from a round for the Carl Gustaf Anti tank sub calibre adaptor. I have such a round. It has a story attached to it that I don't really want to retell here.







Jenks

Jenks
I have a bullet complete with rifling marks that was given to me after i was involved
in a incident in ireland back in 1974 I was very fortunate to escape with my life,had
it been the high velocity round it does'nt bear thinking about!?

condorman wrote:Jenks
I have a bullet complete with rifling marks that was given to me after i was involved
in a incident in ireland back in 1974 I was very fortunate to escape with my life,had
it been the high velocity round it does'nt bear thinking about!?

Condorman..

So pleased that that back in 1974, you got so very lucky. Long may you continue to enjoy good fortune.

Jenks