Quote Originally Posted by tacfoley View Post
As a long-time shooter of comparatively low-velocity ball and bullet, I admit that I get a real kick out of watching other folks shooting THEIR BP stuff, and there is one thing that has always puzzled me.

Catching a glimp of a big old Minié bullet in flight, as you do if you kinda unfocus your eye and track it, they always seem to be to be a gleaming golden-coloured, rather than the shiny silver that you would expect.

V. odd, that.
No not very odd, the ball/bullet has just gone from ambient temp to a few hundred deg C and has a coating of soot, if that don't change the colour of the projectile, not sure what will.