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tracer units...

was wondering what you guys think about tracer units?some of the teams in Delaware have been doing night games, and I was thinking about getting one. i have heard good things, and bad. just was wondering if any of you have or have used them?

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FounderPermalink Reply by Rick on April 30, 2012 at 7:56pm

Hopkins posted a video on here a few weeks back of his tracer unit in use. It looked like it worked good.

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FounderPermalink Reply by Rick on April 30, 2012 at 8:02pm

http://www.chesapeakeairsoftassociation.com/video/airsoft-tracer-at...

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Permalink Reply by BROTH3R MIK3 on April 30, 2012 at 8:11pm

Soooooo, who else is going to be getting these? i will if you will. and who is doing night games? we are doing them here in Delaware just about every Thursday night. right now we are all just using flashlights but this would be awesome.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Hopkins on April 30, 2012 at 8:27pm

Flashlights work well for a confirm kill. It's not needed, but the tracer is sweet. It's not likely anyone is gonna drop a few grand on nightvision, so its the next best thing.

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FounderPermalink Reply by Rick on April 30, 2012 at 8:28pm

Not me. My inner barrel goes all the way to the end of my mock suppressor. And I think having the barrel end before a mock suppressor could have a negative affect on fps and accuracy. As soon as the bb exits the inner barrel the air passes the bb and creates turbulence inside of the larger Opening in the mock suppressor causing the bb to become unstable. I know this to be 100% true with our mac11 screwing on the suppressor causes the bb's to spray in all directions.

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Permalink Reply by BROTH3R MIK3 on April 30, 2012 at 8:37pm

i know what you mean. my friends mp5 had a suppressor that had no problem, but then he upgraded his battery and the bb's started going everywhere. however my sr10 has a suppressor on it and it has never done that.

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FounderPermalink Reply by Rick on April 30, 2012 at 9:27pm

I think it affects lighter bb's more .28's and up probably don't do it as much.

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Permalink Reply by Derek Falcon on May 1, 2012 at 2:29pm

You really want to become the evil one at a night game, get a light with a strobe function! IMO though, while it's always cool to see them, you have to find tracer BBS and such, to me it isn't worth the hassle when a good tac light would do much more for you. Still, they're certianly cool to see in action.