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Gatorade 07-22-2016 09:20 PM

Orange tips!
 
AFJuvat sent me these a couple months ago but with the move I was only able to get to them today. They are sitting on top of 24 grains of Winchester 748. All my research said XM855 is loaded with 27 grains but with the longer tracer compound it looked like it would be a compressed load. So I pulled back to 24 which is the max load for 62 FMJ for that powder for .223.

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So now in 5.56 I have green tip and orange tip. I need some 300 Blackout factory brass and I will also have some black tip!

Thanks Mike!

sdmc530 07-22-2016 09:23 PM

Nice!!

skosh69 07-22-2016 10:01 PM

Congrats.

I've got a few "orange tips" in my safe that the US Army graciously gave me as a going away present 20 years ago. :D

Someday, my little pretties......evilnanner evilnanner

AFJuvat 07-23-2016 12:00 AM

They are a lot of fun at night.

Caleb 07-23-2016 10:52 AM

:party: Let's see some stuff blow up!

AFJuvat 07-24-2016 10:05 AM

Need some more, let me know.

skosh69 07-24-2016 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AFJuvat (Post 133854)
They are a lot of fun at night.

Yes sir, we would string hundreds together for a laser effect during night gunnery exercises. Got yelled at on more than one occasion for doing it. It was always worth it.

Gatorade 07-24-2016 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AFJuvat (Post 133907)
Need some more, let me know.

Don't tempt me! Need to see how these work first!

What do you load these with?

AFJuvat 07-24-2016 06:00 PM

I am loading them with 24 grains of BL-C(2)

jmlutz 07-24-2016 08:25 PM

I've got a few boxes of tracers I put back years ago. Check out the price tag, I've never shot any of them, pretty leery of starting a fire at the range where I shoot.
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