Tracer Shoot video

[Malo83]

Neat video of night time shooting with tracers, reminiscent of the video of the first day of Desert Storm and the skies over Baghdad
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2fd_1226902769

 

[sanders]

Is that really how slow rounds move? Or is there a difference in velocity between tracers and standard rounds? I guess its hard to judge how far the rounds are going, but they really don't appear to be moving as fast as I would think.

 

[exo]

Because there is no object of reference, it is impossible to tell really how fast the rounds are moving. It's an optical illusion that makes them look slow.

 

[Junkball]

Optical illusion... camera-related, probably. Tracers move about the same speed as ball rounds, probably +-100 fps. Their ballistics aren't quite the same downrange though.

 

[Bevo16]

Is that really how slow rounds move? Or is there a difference in velocity between tracers and standard rounds? I guess its hard to judge how far the rounds are going, but they really don't appear to be moving as fast as I would think.

The fact that you asked this, from "College Station, Texas", makes my day.

Thanks.

 

[C420sailor]

The tracers are in fact slower---they rely on the rounds behind them to catch up and give them a little extra push from behind. If the round behind doesn't hit the tracer in the center, it'll make it deflect up like in the video.

It's science.

 

[fc2spyguy]

The tracers are in fact slower---they rely on the rounds behind them to catch up and give them a little extra push from behind. If the round behind doesn't hit the tracer in the center, it'll make it deflect up like in the video.

It's science.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. You did neither.

 

[Junkball]

The tracers are in fact slower---they rely on the rounds behind them to catch up and give them a little extra push from behind. If the round behind doesn't hit the tracer in the center, it'll make it deflect up like in the video.

It's science.

I hope everyone takes that seriously.



You have to remember that tracers burn out at ~800 yards, and the rounds are traveling at 2,500 fps, meaning that in the brief time you see them illuminated, they're a half-mile downrange.

 

[Schnugg]

That video looked like one of those gun nut ammo waster full auto festivals.

What a waste of ammo.

 

[Bevo16]

That video looked like one of those gun nut ammo waster full auto festivals.

If you notice the kid's sweatshirt, you can get a pretty good idea where he is from. It's pretty much the epicenter of red-neck stupidity. College Station is an unfortunate off-shoot that we doing our best to keep contained.

 

[Redux]

More money than brains I guess. Watch this........................

 

[Catmando]

All things are relative. Therefore, although at nearly the same speed, the tracer-round flying toward you will appear to be a thousand times faster than those in the video fired away from the camera. :sleep_125

Similarily, flying supersonic at altitude always seems extremely slow relative to the ground, but always fast nevertheless.

Likewise tracers, and like any fired ballistic round, they are still subject to gravity. So if those rounds were traversing as "slow" as they appear, wouldn't they be falling to the ground already, too?

To truly judge a tracer's relative speed without instrumentation, I suggest standing at night in front of a long burst. It will be your last learning experience, but yet permanently instructive nevertheless.

Tracers at night are always deceptive, and sometimes mesmerizing. It all depends upon your perspective – Although at a same given fps (always fast as a speeding bullet, night or day, and lethal) the tracers will appear to be in slow motion when seen at a distance. But they will appear ever far faster as one draws closer; and exponentially faster as one becomes the target!

Great f'n fast tracer vid here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/flite11


Have I mentioned before that I like guns? :icon_tong