9mm red tips

[Tabbytab]

I've been shooting pulled bullets from American reloading for a while now. I've gone through 1000's of them in many calibers with no problems. The last batch of 5000 115gr had a few hundred with painted red tips on them. The batch was 115gr pulled plated bullets. After looking a little on the internet looks like these could be tracer rounds. I shoot mostly at an indoor range. Would you load em up or put them aside. Thanks

[DaveInOroValley]

Usually from understanding the tracer compound is in the base of the projectile so maybe save them for another range? I know the indoor range would frown on them.

[kcstott]

I've been shooting pulled bullets from American reloading for a while now. I've gone through 1000's of them in many calibers with no problems. The last batch of 5000 115gr had a few hundred with painted red tips on them. The batch was 115gr pulled plated bullets. After looking a little on the internet looks like these could be tracer rounds. I shoot mostly at an indoor range. Would you load em up or put them aside. Thanks

Easy way to tell is to set one projectile on a non flamable surface and set fire to the base of the bullet with a torch. you'll find out if it's a tracer or not.

[SonofWWIIDI]

Easy way to tell is to set one projectile on a non flamable surface and set fire to the base of the bullet with a torch. you'll find out if it's a tracer or not.

Please make sure to include the video!

[kcstott]

Please make sure to include the video!

You make it sound like you doubt that I?ve done it

[divingin]

I'd think that the combustible material on the base would be obvious compared to a normal bullet, but that's a guess.

[SonofWWIIDI]

You make it sound like you doubt that I?ve done it

I do not doubt it at all!

But I?m thinking it would be a cool video!

[jsanch03]

Can you Post a picture of the base of the bullet so we can see what it looks like?9mm tracers should have a slight inward concave or a hole filled with compound.

[kcstott]

I do not doubt it at all!

But I?m thinking it would be a cool video!

Or a good way to be booted off YouTube

I set fire to a 30/06 tracer when i was about 14 looked like a small road flare. Burned for a short period of time like maybe 5 seconds.

[sigstroker]

It's probably not military. I haven't heard of any military that uses tracers for 9mm. If they are tracers, they were probably made for retail sales and have a much shorter burn time than military tracers. Not to mention a 9mm bullet can't stay airborne for very long unless you point it up in the air.

Give it to me and I'll call my buddy that has a machine gun.

[stormvet]

Just load one up and shoot it, I’ve reloaded a lot of the pulled Winchester 40s yeah they’ve worked great. Great prices on them too.

There’s a really good chance even if they were meant to tracers that the ones you got are inert.

[SonofWWIIDI]

Or a good way to be booted off YouTube

I set fire to a 30/06 tracer when i was about 14 looked like a small road flare. Burned for a short period of time like maybe 5 seconds.

I looked it up.


Might be more interesting with a handful of them.

[FLIGHT762]

It's probably not military. I haven't heard of any military that uses tracers for 9mm. If they are tracers, they were probably made for retail sales and have a much shorter burn time than military tracers. Not to mention a 9mm bullet can't stay airborne for very long unless you point it up in the air.

Give it to me and I'll call my buddy that has a machine gun.

Israeli Military makes them.

[Gryff]

Are you sure they are jacketed/plated? Federal has been marketing their Syntech ammo for a while, with the bullets being polymer coating over lead. Perhaps it is some of these?

[sigstroker]

Israeli Military makes them.

Are the tips red?

Are you sure they are jacketed/plated? Federal has been marketing their Syntech ammo for a while, with the bullets being polymer coating over lead. Perhaps it is some of these?

With Syntech the whole bullet is red.