Anyone know what this is worth???

c3006 · 07-04-2010, 09:17 AM

I traded for this Vietnam era flare pistol and flares. The flares are dated mid 50s and all unfired. I have found a few of the flare guns but cant find the flares for sale. Kind of cool to get both together but I have no intrest so I just want to get a fair starting price before I put them up. Thanks c

sheepherder · 07-04-2010, 09:33 AM

I really have no idea, but some of the guys at the ARFCOM Retro Forum collect these old flare pistols...

http://www.ar15.com/forums/forum.html?b=3&f=123

Also, FWIW, I've seen sleeves advertised to convert 40mm flare pistols/launchers to 37mm (which seem to be readily available...boaters maybe???)...

And I have also seen 12ga flares advertised...again, for signaling...It would not be too hard to make a sleeve to adapt the 12ga flares to pretty much any flare pistol...

(I'm not offering...just sayin', is all...)

07-04-2010, 09:17 AM	#1
c3006 User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: east tn Posts: 526 Thanks: 5 Thanked 12 Times in 5 Posts	Anyone know what this is worth??? I traded for this Vietnam era flare pistol and flares. The flares are dated mid 50s and all unfired. I have found a few of the flare guns but cant find the flares for sale. Kind of cool to get both together but I have no intrest so I just want to get a fair starting price before I put them up. Thanks c __________________ Men Accustomed unto thier arms and their liberties will never endure the yoke. James Harrington 1776

07-04-2010, 09:33 AM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	I really have no idea, but some of the guys at the ARFCOM Retro Forum collect these old flare pistols... http://www.ar15.com/forums/forum.html?b=3&f=123 Also, FWIW, I've seen sleeves advertised to convert 40mm flare pistols/launchers to 37mm (which seem to be readily available...boaters maybe???)... And I have also seen 12ga flares advertised...again, for signaling...It would not be too hard to make a sleeve to adapt the 12ga flares to pretty much any flare pistol... (I'm not offering...just sayin', is all...) __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...