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are tracers bad on your gun? If so, why? thanks, Bkmastr "It is allways better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are stupid than to open it and prove them right." | ||
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I don't believe they are hard on the rifle but, they sure are on dry, combustible substances thay impact! "I ask, sir, what is the Militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them" - George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment during the Virginia convention to ratify the Constitution | |||
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Masterifleman is correct. In WWI tracers were made with magnesium and lit inside the barrel of the rifle, which did burn up barrels. After that war, phosphorus was used and a delaying element was incorperated not so much to save the barrels, but to protect the firing position of the gunner. Swift, Silent, & Friendly | |||
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I do believe that all tracers used in the US military service have strontium salts as an element. For that reason alone I would want to rigidly clean any piece after using tracers. I'm not looking for any argument. I'm just saying what I would do if I ever used a tracer through a rifle of mine. Just my thoughts. | |||
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