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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 05:13:36 GMT, "Gord Beaman" )
wrote: (ArtKramr) wrote: Actually there was an error between regular rounds and tracer rounds as well. On a strafing mission you could aim the tracers and see the ground kick up well behind the tracers. Big difference in ballistic coefficient between the two Aim the tracers and you would shoot over the target unil you corrected.. Arthur Kramer Ok...what calibre rounds was that Art?. Your observations certainly wasn't true for the .303 calibre Browning machine gun. I've fired likely 20,000 rounds from them in ASW B&G flights and I cannot see any difference between the trajectory of FMJ ball ammo and FMJ tracer rounds. Our belts were set up with every fifth round being a tracer and shooting at a smoke marker on the sea surface it's very easy to see where the rounds are hitting, likely much more visible than on land but I haven't done that mind you. I found it more effective to use the results of the water hits rather than to use the gunsight actually. Get them shooting close to where you needed to with the sight then watch were they were hitting and correct slightly before firing the next burst and so on. Now I admit to being only 23... far too young to have been spraying bullets around in WW2... But I hunt wild goats and deer with a '40 Ishapore armoury .303 SMLE Mk1 III* with the stock cut down... a damn fine hunting rifle that with a 4x scope will down a beer can at 200 metres.. Here in NZ there is occasionally WW2 army surplus tracer rounds for the .303 available, and firing those and normal army surplus ball theres no noticable difference in point of impact... |
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