Uncle Dudley Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 When were these made? My gun show score today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim c 351 Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 I don't know for sure , but I noticed they are stamped "AC" rather than "ACP", so they were made post TSMG.Jim C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dudley Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 I don't know for sure , but I noticed they are stamped "AC" rather than "ACP", so they were made post TSMG.Jim C I saw that, too. Has anyone shot these? Were they used for training? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndArmored Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 These sites may provide some answers: http://www.cartridge-corner.com/welcome.htm https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 My father, an ETO vet, brought home about 35 loose rounds of .45 ACP tracer. Still have them and have never fired one. He said that they were primarily issued for use in search and rescue signaling by downed aircrews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 They are fun to shoot. I made my own to shoot a few mags worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 If you pull one of these tracer bullets, you'll find that it's a little longer than the standard 230 gr. ball bullet. Don't remember by how much. Note the slightly repositioned cannelure in the photo above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurencen Posted January 24, 2022 Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 interesting Dan, how do you make a tracer round, curiosity got the better of me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanksguy Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 I'd like to know also. Maybe a separate "Thread"....(?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 .223 surplus tracer bullets are/were cheap. Id cut them in half. (Only saving the back end of course) Drill out the base of a fmj .45. epoxy them together. If you poke a hole in the little cup covering the tracer compound they trace right out of the barrel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjong-ni Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 Amazing process. Well, Dan, I light my propane stove with wooden matches but I probably won't be building any "tracer rounds"...Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndArmored Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 I bought some at a gun show, but discovered they were defective. They left the barrel without a trace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 You ever make your own firecrackers Phil? When we were kids we'd cut apart a bunch of little ones to make one big one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) There are recipes and procedures online for making tracers in various colors.Chemicals can be bought at pyrotechnical supply places, oxidizers, fuels and chemicals for colors (strontium, barium, cupric oxide?) and the procedure involves drilling out the back of a projectile and packing a chemical mixture into that hole with an arbor press and punch, the same process as packing a solid fuel rocket engine.I have a friend who laid in a supply of stuff a few years ago but we haven't got around to making tracers .....yet! We have made some pretty cool rocket engines, though! Google "making homemade tracers" or "making tracer ammo" and the info should be easy to find. If I recall there were several sites with recipes and procedures. Edited January 25, 2022 by john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryo Posted January 25, 2022 Report Share Posted January 25, 2022 .223 surplus tracer bullets are/were cheap. Id cut them in half. (Only saving the back end of course) Drill out the base of a fmj .45. epoxy them together. If you poke a hole in the little cup covering the tracer compound they trace right out of the barrel. Wish 223 tracers were still cheap.. Would have loved to try this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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