Nocturnal

[tegyrius]

Been meaning to share this one for a while: The Night Kitchen. It's a Seattle restaurant that runs 6pm-9am. No, that's not a typo.

Where the hell were you guys when I was hanging out with the old Louisville LARP crew? Pure evil genius, I tell you.

Bet your ass this'll be showing up in games I run.

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Little question

[phdinfunk.livejournal.com]

Maybe you know this, but what's the fastest bullet you can still see the trajectory on? Or what about one that will trail the smoke a bit along its vector?

Any ideas?

Re: Little question

[tegyrius]

Hm. I don't know that you can actually see a smoke trail, as nothing's actually burning enough to release a visible amount of particulates. Even on a tracer, what you're seeing is the glow of burning magnesium or phosphorus.

Now, under the right atmospheric conditions (high humidity and others I don't know right now), the shockwave of a supersonic round will compress the air enough to cause micro-condensation (i.e. a contrail). See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl-Glauert_singularity. I've personally seen that effect on .308 rounds outbound, and those generally clock in at 2,600 to 2,800 fps.

Re: Little question

[phdinfunk.livejournal.com]

.22 shorts, sun at your back, can sometimes be like tracers from a revolver.... but it's more like you just get a micro-flash of the direction instead of the whole line like I guess a tracer would give.

Basically I'm trying to find something more lethal than that which I can shoot from the hip. But I GOTTA be able to see the bullet's path to do it. It's kind of a magic trick, but a cool one.

[:-)

I wonder sometimes if .44 rimfire or some of those other old west cartridges were slow and big (easy to see?) and well-suited for such shooting.

Re: Little question

[tegyrius]

Ah, yeah. I've seen that effect a very few times. Sun reflecting off the jacket.

Try hand-loading .45 ACP down to under 800 fps? =)

Re: Little question

[phdinfunk.livejournal.com]

I'm contemplating .45 colt or .44 special.... I'm thinking the bigger bullet might make the whole thing easier.

Still, shootout at the Okay coral, the guy with the sun coming up behind him had a good deal of advantage, didn't he?