Poison filled Hollow Points?

[Irving]

Are there any documented cases of people being shot with tracer rounds?

[BigBear]

don't know about tracers but I remember hearing about someone getting shot with those theromite (incendiary) rounds. Kids jacking off apparently, "accidently shot" their friend, ended up killing the guy (magnesium burned through cartoriod and the kids were too scared to take him to hospital). Now in jail for manslaughter. ... Think this was in central TX about 5 yrs ago... don't remember much else.

[Irving]

What is the difference between a tracer round and an incendiary round?

[BigBear]

Not quite sure... From what I understand, a tracer is coated in a substance that will "glow" (burn off) during flight allowing you to track it's path. An incendiary round (depending on type) you won't see in flight and is just tipped with a sparking substance (like ash flint) so that when it strikes a hard object, it sparks and can start a fire. There are tons of different type of incendiary rounds. Some that go boom, some that don't.

[BigMat]

Time chemical part burns, if lit by ignition or impact

Chemical used - one to produce light, one to produce high heat and fire

Location of chemical burned, i.e. in the back of the round where visible, or in a charge near the front, used for HE or Ignition.

[Irving]

Thanks for the info.

[Circuits]

Tracer - the back of the bullet is packed with a slow-burning pyrotechnic compound, kinda similar to the guts of a highway road flare. The heat of the burning powder from firing lights off a "starter cap" packed over the compound in the back of the bullet, getting the flare effect started, and the flare compound burns for a couple seconds (both during flight, and after landing)

Incendiary - the nose of the bullet contains an impact-sensitive compound designed to create a hot, short flash of combustion on impact with something hard enough to set it off.

Tracer usually won't light things like fuel tanks on fire, unless it lodges in the tank, still burning, and lights up the fumes. Tracer can start grass fires, or light pools or piles of flammables on fire if it comes to rest nearby the fuel while still burning.

Incendiary is designed to set things on fire, especially when piercing fuel tanks, or impacting flammable materials.