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Posted: 2/18/2010 5:05:06 AM EDT
| I bought some American Eagle tactical tracers xm856 i took them to the range and i noticed they wernt lighting up i then shot a whole box at a 45 degree angle and not one lit up they say 05 on the back of shell case so i figured they werer made 2005 im shooting them out of a ar15 16inch barrel when i got home i pulled out a bullet with a bullet puller i noticed a small disc i poked it with needle and saw powder behind it if anyone has had are know why they dont work let me know thanks |
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They usually dont illuminate right out of the muzzle, I would say if you are not shooting past 100M, you wont get a very good showing... My thoughts as well. What distance were you shooting? At a 45 degree angle? A few miles.  I hope OP owns a lot of land.
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Quoted: You guys need to get over the fact that sometimes shooting into the air isn't dangerous. Lots of places with miles and miles of private land. People were even bitching in the squirrel thread. Shooting straight up or close to it is not dangerous. But 45 degrees will be lethal for a long way. As long as he has sufficient range and is sure of what's downrange then he is safe. |
| tracers have limited shelf life. if the bullets tracer capsel is not sealed. some tracers are sealed in thin foil that breaks in firing process and therefore are less vunerable to storing. also russians have made excelent tracer mass composition, its almost "time proof" |
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You guys need to get over the fact that sometimes shooting into the air isn't dangerous. Lots of places with miles and miles of private land. People were even bitching in the squirrel thread. Shooting straight up or close to it is not dangerous. But 45 degrees will be lethal for a long way. As long as he has sufficient range and is sure of what's downrange then he is safe. UNBELEIVABLE 
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You guys need to get over the fact that sometimes shooting into the air isn't dangerous. Lots of places with miles and miles of private land. People were even bitching in the squirrel thread. Shooting straight up or close to it is not dangerous. But 45 degrees will be lethal for a long way. As long as he has sufficient range and is sure of what's downrange then he is safe. If U Can shoot straight up with great accuracy and no wind, as in -o wind, then maybe it would be 'SAFE' for you 
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You guys need to get over the fact that sometimes shooting into the air isn't dangerous. Lots of places with miles and miles of private land. People were even bitching in the squirrel thread. Shooting straight up or close to it is not dangerous. But 45 degrees will be lethal for a long way. As long as he has sufficient range and is sure of what's downrange then he is safe. If U Can shoot straight up with great accuracy and no wind, as in -o wind, then maybe it would be 'SAFE' for you Good luck shooting straight up with iron sights, cause they take into account the curve of the bullet path. Now, if you aim for just less than straight up (depending upon what range you sighted in for), then we have something to talk about. 
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LOL some of us can shoot into the side of a mountain that is over 1 mile away. 45 is not always a problem. To the OP most light after 100 yards. I bought some pulled tracers about 6 months ago and my brother loaded them up. Depending on the tracer cup cover and the powder you could get from a 5% light up to 90% light. He had also bought some of the same tracers you metioned and said they lit at over 90%. Maybe you just got a bad batch?
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You guys need to get over the fact that sometimes shooting into the air isn't dangerous. Lots of places with miles and miles of private land. People were even bitching in the squirrel thread. Shooting straight up or close to it is not dangerous. But 45 degrees will be lethal for a long way. As long as he has sufficient range and is sure of what's downrange then he is safe. If U Can shoot straight up with great accuracy and no wind, as in -o wind, then maybe it would be 'SAFE' for you Good luck shooting straight up with iron sights, cause they take into account the curve of the bullet path. Now, if you aim for just less than straight up (depending upon what range you sighted in for), then we have something to talk about. When U shoot straight up U dont use the sights. Just hold a level on the barrel. Dump a 30 rounder 
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