Saw this at a gun show in Minnisota guy had 2 but had sold one by the time I got to see all the tables. so I grabbed this up when I got back to his table. I think it might still be live though
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| Author: | subhunter76 [ Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Signal Drift Flare |
Saw this at a gun show in Minnisota guy had 2 but had sold one by the time I got to see all the tables. so I grabbed this up when I got back to his table. I think it might still be live though |
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| Author: | Et2ss [ Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Signal Drift Flare |
Cool. How were these used? It almost looks like a mortar shell |
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| Author: | subhunter76 [ Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Signal Drift Flare |
from what I can tell you screwed a detonator into the nose and they dropped it from a plane and when it made contact it set of a flare inside and shot the light out the back and it floated. |
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| Author: | A square 10 [ Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Signal Drift Flare |
interesting piece , did you get that when you were here this past year ? |
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| Author: | subhunter76 [ Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Signal Drift Flare |
I got it in September when I was there. |
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| Author: | oldernavy [ Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Signal Drift Flare |
tick-----tick------tick. It looks in marvelous shape. |
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| Author: | mabk [ Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Signal Drift Flare |
php421vFQPM.jpg [ 56.41 KiB | Viewed 5865 times ] Another version of the MK 4 without the nose cone also 1942. Varnished wood body cork lined interior with very heavy metal fins to hold flare or smoke candle (day or night use) out of the water. |
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| Author: | A square 10 [ Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Signal Drift Flare |
thats really cool , wood looks really nice on that |
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