A recent mention of tracers followed by me packing my flare kit into my kayak/canoe for a little fun trip tomorrow morning got me thinking.
All of the 12 gauge flares and handheld flares I own have an expiration date printed on them. If I'm not mistaken, tracers use more or less the same compound as flares to produce light, with ignition produced by friction rather than the red elemental phosphorous on the tip of flares.
If flares have a shelf life, does tracer ammo have the same? I've never seen one printed.
All of the 12 gauge flares and handheld flares I own have an expiration date printed on them. If I'm not mistaken, tracers use more or less the same compound as flares to produce light, with ignition produced by friction rather than the red elemental phosphorous on the tip of flares.
If flares have a shelf life, does tracer ammo have the same? I've never seen one printed.