bigalexe
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According to a quick google search the only type of tracer available as shotgun shell is one where there is a separate component from the shot that makes the tracer. I was wondering if there was ever anyone that considered coating the shot itself in tracer material.
What im talking about is basically a process similar to anodizing or chrome plating (i dont know the properties of phosphorus exactly) where the lead core of a #9 shot would have a coating of phosphorus so it was sized as say a #7 shot ball. I suppose these may fly a little differently than your regular target load #7's but according to what I've read it would probably work better than the current technology.
Would it be illegal/dangerous/outright idiotic for me to obtain some phosphorus or barium salts in powder form and give it to someone that does reloads. Have them roll the shot around in it or shake it up in a ziploc bag with the shot before loading into shells?
Upon further inspection its illegal to obtain White Phosphorus because its used in making Amphetamines.
What im talking about is basically a process similar to anodizing or chrome plating (i dont know the properties of phosphorus exactly) where the lead core of a #9 shot would have a coating of phosphorus so it was sized as say a #7 shot ball. I suppose these may fly a little differently than your regular target load #7's but according to what I've read it would probably work better than the current technology.
Would it be illegal/dangerous/outright idiotic for me to obtain some phosphorus or barium salts in powder form and give it to someone that does reloads. Have them roll the shot around in it or shake it up in a ziploc bag with the shot before loading into shells?
Upon further inspection its illegal to obtain White Phosphorus because its used in making Amphetamines.
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