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In reply to the discussion: $44 Million, Not A Single Crime Soved, Cuomo Tells Legislature Scrap Bullet Tracking [View all]TheWraith
(24,331 posts)14. Yeah, but out of my price range I'm afraid.
I could never afford to actually shoot them. I bought this wonderful bag of I believe 500 .308 tracer tips and have been loading them into my own brass... 24 cents a shot. It's great.
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$44 Million, Not A Single Crime Soved, Cuomo Tells Legislature Scrap Bullet Tracking [View all]
X_Digger
Jan 2012
OP
Why swap barrels when you could just add a reddotthing or simply strap on an alternate or two?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jan 2012
#4
Ammunition To Go (dot) com ... they have numerous tracer and incendiary calibers.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2012
#12
Given that tracers are used to 'walk' rounds into a target, I'm sure this was a joke
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2012
#20
How many years does it take for a suposedly "legal" gun purchase to be used in a crime?
Bloberman1959
Jan 2012
#21
IIRC, the FBI says something like an average of 11 years from retail sale to crime.
PavePusher
Feb 2012
#34
11 years is 'immediate'? Awesome, I can recover that spare room since my kid will be moving out
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2012
#36
That is already being done. State/ county/ city backed "no questions asked" buy backs
oneshooter
Feb 2012
#44