.50 Cal. Browning Ammo

[spotter]

Heres a .50 tracer on the left cut to show the empty tracer pocket

[thekees]

i have a few tracer rounds breaking up too due to the moisture in the element. I would not test it or use a torch although, the element will work! Does anyone know the content of the tracer element?

[zwerge]

i have a few tracer rounds breaking up too due to the moisture in the element. I would not test it or use a torch although, the element will work! Does anyone know the content of the tracer element?

Look here............Tracer ammunition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[thekees]

i knew this, but were there in the past, like WW2 other compositions? some rumours talk about Phosphor in rounds etc, or was it in .303 ammo?

[TonyE]

For many years, from about 1915 to mid WW2 the British used Buckingham ammunition filled with phophorus which left a white smoke trail when fired. Although actually incendiary rounds, they were also called "smoke tracers" as opposed to the "flame tracers" discussed above.

Regards
TonyE

[thekees]

Thanks for the info tony. I found out the WW2 .50 tracers (US) has a red "light"and not white. so self igniting of these rounds are not te be aspected.