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greyrider · 08-05-07, 10:57 PM

i agree with you captain and steve.

it would be hard to tell how many bullets hit the barrel, i could see the tracers hitting it, but between tracers, there are a few regular ball rounds , that wont glow,

the MG shoots a cone of fire, some will land and some will not.

but between the 3 of us, we may have had about 500 bullets, and most were used at targets starting at 50 meters, working out to the longer ranges in increments of 50 meters or 100 meters, cant remember.

i was thinking and you have to consider the incentary effects of the tracers to.

me, being a mischivous one, started a range fire in CANADA once, i put together a belt of MG ammo , composed of nothing but tracers, and shot about 75 rounds before i sparked up the range and a cease fire was called.

the canadians were running the range, and the fire index was high, but they said go ahead and shoot, so we did.

they had given us those water tanks that you strap on your back, to fight forest fires with, shovels, and picks. there was a nice brush fire going, and we had to go put it out.

so the tracers may have had something to do with it, altho any bullet will transfer heat to the object it hits, big shells that explode also do that.

08-05-07, 10:57 PM	#7
greyrider Watch Officer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: massachusetts Posts: 334 Downloads: 237 Uploads: 0	i agree with you captain and steve. it would be hard to tell how many bullets hit the barrel, i could see the tracers hitting it, but between tracers, there are a few regular ball rounds , that wont glow, the MG shoots a cone of fire, some will land and some will not. but between the 3 of us, we may have had about 500 bullets, and most were used at targets starting at 50 meters, working out to the longer ranges in increments of 50 meters or 100 meters, cant remember. i was thinking and you have to consider the incentary effects of the tracers to. me, being a mischivous one, started a range fire in CANADA once, i put together a belt of MG ammo , composed of nothing but tracers, and shot about 75 rounds before i sparked up the range and a cease fire was called. the canadians were running the range, and the fire index was high, but they said go ahead and shoot, so we did. they had given us those water tanks that you strap on your back, to fight forest fires with, shovels, and picks. there was a nice brush fire going, and we had to go put it out. so the tracers may have had something to do with it, altho any bullet will transfer heat to the object it hits, big shells that explode also do that.