Pulled 223 tracer bullets

[kbsrn]

What is deal with these? I've seen them for under $30 per thousand and was wndering if they can be used for plinking rounds?

 

[AndyC]

Tracers can be fun if you're not going to set anything on fire (most ranges won't allow them, but you might get lucky).

They don't do much for accuracy, though - the bullet lightens as the tracer-compound burns, so it becomes more erratic as the distance increases.

 

[DMK]

Also keep in mind that they may not start to visibly glow until at least 100 yards out.

Living in the middle of the woods, I can't shoot them here. Folks out in the desert have a ball with them though.

 

[gcrookston]

They are "fun once"... I finally got rid of all the delinked 5.56 and 7.62 I had. Too expensive to throw away, too cheap to shoot.