having a hard time getting it right

It was wet outside tonight and difficult to work with .
I was given a bullet at a hunting store today and soldered it to a piece of wire and have been trying to figure out how I can get some 'flames' coming out the end of my air rifle to 'engulf' the bullet .
I put some match heads down the barrel and another pellet in the front of the barrel and this got some smoke but was not perfect .


When there is no smoke it is easy to 'cheat' and photoshop the wire frame out but I would prefer not to have to do that - I like getting results without photoshop ....