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November 24, 2007, 01:22 AM | #1 |
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7.62x54R Tracers??? (My first post)
Hi everyone,
This is my first post here be gental :-) Does anyone make tracer reloads here? I cann't find any 7.62 x 54R 160 grains or less tracers anywhere to buy. So I figure I might have to find out how to make them myself. I've only done shotgun loads and never any brass reloads. How hard is it to make them? Thanks |
November 24, 2007, 03:54 AM | #2 |
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I remember a product that was sold at gunshows about 10-15 yrs ago that you mixed up and placed into a hole drilled in the bullet base. It came in several colors and I bought some and never got around to using it. I have no Idea where it has gone. There are so few places where one can shoot tracers and with half the country burning this fall, I would not want to even think about shooting them as the "cool factor" goes away after the first or second multi-million dollar home that goes up in flames miles from where you were plinking
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November 24, 2007, 03:17 PM | #3 |
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tracers
Check the auction sites, like gunbroker.com, and auctionarms.com. They seem to sell everything.
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November 24, 2007, 09:19 PM | #4 |
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I live in New Mexico I don't really have to worry about a fire from tracers unless they have special ones that ignite sand :-)
Thanks for the links so far. But man this caliber tracer is hard for me to find. I found one before that was 180 grains but that would damage my bolt I'm still trying to find something around 152grains or less. |
November 26, 2007, 06:17 PM | #5 |
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How?
I don't understand the "damage my bolt" comment. Seems to me that if the bullet is damaging your bolt, you may have loaded it backwards
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November 26, 2007, 07:20 PM | #6 |
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:-p backwards
Just too high of a grain causes too much force on the bolt slaming back and damages it. I'm sure I could do the higher grain but then after what maybe a few 100. I'll need a new bolt. |
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