bigball Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 can anyone help :yp: i was reading on hear the other day and someone mentioned tracer cartriges. I thought these were a good idea and wanted to buy some to see where i was going wrong . so i rang my local gun dealer and asked him about them and he said they stopped making them is this true or does any one know where i can buy some from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJT Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Just cartridges sell them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 steel at night when lamping rabbits give a spark effect (richochet) when hitting the target or ground :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigball Posted June 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 thanks for that i want them for pigeon shooting to see if im giving them too much leed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickshot Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Just Cartridges do them, however if i am not mistaken they are about £25 a box. so, a pound each. Also, i dont know how reliable they are, so cannot reccommend them. QS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigball Posted June 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Just cartridges sell them hey this might sound dum but how can i contact just cartridges thanks :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Keep your aim in front of em cause there will be a lot of shot tailing through if your behind it will never get em,if you see feathers you only just reached its tail,dont forget to keep the follow through going,ie dont point and shoot,then one day if like me you might hit one :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickshot Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 hey this might sound dum but how can i contact just cartridges thanks :yp: www.justcartridges.com QS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigball Posted June 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Keep your aim in front of em cause there will be a lot of shot tailing through if your behind it will never get em,if you see feathers you only just reached its tail,dont forget to keep the follow through going,ie dont point and shoot,then one day if like me you might hit one :yp: hopefully one day mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Save your money, you will learn nothing from using tracer loads at Pigeons, you may even set the farmers fields on fire, so you'll be popular then. :yp: Have a lesson at your local shooting ground instead, you'll learn much more that way. Cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 Save your money, you will learn nothing from using tracer loads at Pigeons, you may even set the farmers fields on fire, so you'll be popular then. :yp: Have a lesson at your local shooting ground instead, you'll learn much more that way. Cat. Thats the best advice you will get, so forget tracer cartridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traztaz Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 I am also led to beleive that you see where the wad went, not the shot...................so fat lot of good they are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigball Posted June 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 thanks people for your advice i think ill scrap that idea. and go to my local clay ground a few more times thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COACH Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 Have a go at skeet and DTL for a couple of hours with a good coach, it will save you a lot of money and heart ache in the long run. Put them together and you have most shots in pigeon shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted June 23, 2010 Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 The later generation of tracer cartridges were a little bit more advanced than having a tracer stuck to the wad , It consists of a aluminium insert with barium nitrate /fine magnesium mix that was ignited by a jet of hot gas going through a channel in the wad to the tracing element inserted on top of the wad and under the shot , When the shot leaves the wad behind the tracer insert goes with the shot, Different sizes and weight of insert were used to try to match the ballistic trajectory of the different sizes of shot used in the tracer cartridges , when I have seen them used and used them myself if you broke the clay the tracer had actually hit the clay or was very close to it, But 25 quid for a box of 25 is just plain daylight robbery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the running man Posted June 24, 2010 Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 I've had a box of those! From the back of my local shop coverd in dust £5 they were! I found them a good aid,but there's no substitute for practice,you just adjust you're lead until you hit the clay,why pay silly money for something you don't really need? Also I'm sure you can only use them at a cpsa registered shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 The tracer bit is much bigger and less dense than the shot and tends to fly along a different trajectory so its not really a good indicator of where the shot is going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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