Tracer unit

[shadowhawk]

What is a mock silencer tracer unit?

[ghost]

A look alike silencer which only functions to shine a light on glow in te dark pellets which make them glow. Allowing you to "trace" their path. Usually used in night games to help aim

[shadowhawk]

so it makes them start glowing? dont they do that by themselves?

[ghost]

Yes it makes them glow. No they need some kind of light source to charge the chemical inside them that makes them glow. Just like any glow in the dark trinket you get. If you set it in light the chemical will absorb the light like a rechargeable battery. Once the light source is taken away you can see the glow given off by the chemical in the pellets or trinket

[shadowhawk]

Ok thanks

[DeMoN]

Keep in mind that tracers work both ways. If you know then they know as well.

[wraven]

I use a tracer unit with .25 Tracer BB's for night games.

While I agree with that overused statement, there are plenty of things never mentioned.

• You can walk your BB's in visually and make fast adjustments. While Opfor can see white bb's to a degree, they really don't have this benefit.
  
• Simple intimidation/mind games - Take a few shots to telegraph your location and then move under the cover of darkness while Opfor tries to close in on your last known position.
  
• Simply a second kind of cool factor on the field.
  
• Truly know and see that you landed a hit on Opfor..nothing like a bright glowing BB rolling off someone's center mass.
  
• It looks pretty bad ass through night vision
  

Cons of Tracers:

• Yes they work both ways, depending on your play style really.
  
• Batteries - another device that requires batteries
  
• Simply the cost of the Tracer unit alone - They are not cheap
  
• Requires special BB's that come at a premium (Decent tracer BB's are not cheap)
  

[dave OC-6]

and then....... when you shoot the reff and you are the ONLY person on the field with a tracer its easy to tell who it is.

wraven

[MotorMouth93]

Aug 28, 2012 15:13:28 GMT -5 wraven said:

• Batteries - another device that requires batteries
  
• Simply the cost of the Tracer unit alone - They are not cheap
  

You can make a DIY tracer unit, fully contained in the gun, powered by the main battery, and still have it work much, much better than a mock suppressor style unit, for less than $20.

What do you need? A clear hop up unit, a couple ultraviolet LED's, and a potentiometer.

[88B88888B88B888]

There are ways around the clear hop up, small drilled holes etc etc. You can even build one into your mag if you wanted.