Watching the bullet hit the target.

[MisterPX]

Something easy to see is 9mm.
Shoot at night with a taclight, or a spotlight in line with teh shooter, and watch teh bumblebees. Use a MG, and it's almost like a laser light show.

 

[jacobhh]

The 5" RAP rounds were easy to see in Vietnam too.
At Max Ord the projectile's rocket motor would ignite
and it would actually accelerate leaving a vapor trail.

You lost half your explosive to the rocket, but the enemy
was surprised when they had to run an extra 9 miles just
when they thought they were out of range.

 

[Swampy]

Guys,

Watching bullet trace is something done as a matter of course in an Across the Course Highpower match. When spotting and scoring for a shooter at the 600 line you can watch trace on every shot. After a while you get good enough to predict where the spotter will be even before the target comes back up with the proof.

Watching the trace arc way up high into the target image then come back down toward the middle where it ends gives you a good appreciation of the real trajectory our rifle bullets have.

In a Highpower Team Match, where coaching is allowed in the 200 and 300 yard rapid fire events, the coach sets his scope up directly behind and over the shooters position. By watching trace he can yell out feedback on the location of each rapid fire shot to the shooter as he's firing.

Best regards,
Swampy

Garands forever

 

[cracked butt]

You can actually easily see the bullet from a 22 or shotgun slug through a scope, with higher velocity stuf you can see the vapor trail.


For a .22, its easist to see if the sun is at your back and you are shoting longer ranges 150+yards as the bullet really slows down at that point.

 

[30Cal]

The History channel did a piece on the "Magnum". They filmed at Ft. Benning for a portion of it. A friend of mine was gun plumber for the AMU and was present for most of the filming. They were shown the bullet trace and got it on tape. They said it was the first time trace has ever been filmed.

Seriously? They must not have ever tried before. I've done it by holding my miniDV camcorder in front of a Kowa spotting scope. Set the focus for the scope about 2/3rds of the way to the target.

High humidity (rain) is the best condition.

Ty

 

[BigG]

You can see 38 Specials shooting at 50 ft range if the sun is behind you.