Very / Verey Pistol Flares

[CptDanjou]

I`ve been asked to source some 1" Very / Verey pistol flares , only 5 white and 5 red , any ideas where to get them ? the flare pistol is a BNP and on an FAC.

 

[ugly]

I would have thought Chemring aka PWS as they were make them but who retails them now?

 

[theoriginalphantom]

somewhere like this?

Signal Cartridge |

Find a Distributor

 

[ugly]

26.5 is bigger than an inch, those are also very long and may not chamber in a standard very, they do sell the Chinese no trigger guard pistol but Survitec dont list it under Pyro!
Hmm
We still used Very pistols when I was in but very few of them no pun intended.

 

[theoriginalphantom]

26.5 is bigger than an inch, those are also very long and may not chamber in a standard very, they do sell the Chinese no trigger guard pistol but Survitec dont list it under Pyro!
Hmm
We still used Very pistols when I was in but very few of them no pun intended.

I was thinking more of them as a potential supplier and not to try and jam something in that's the wrong size. I've not looked through their entire list of items,

 

[Drlligaf]

The Verey pistols in RAF use were converted in the 80s to use metallic cartridges of a slightly different calibre.
I heard that the old cardboard cased cartridges were no longer being made.

 

[ugly]

The Verey pistols in RAF use were converted in the 80s to use metallic cartridges of a slightly different calibre.
I heard that the old cardboard cased cartridges were no longer being made.

If thats true then they should all be sect 58 obsolete due to lack of ammo!

 

[Bouillabaisse]

I`ve been asked to source some 1" Very / Verey pistol flares , only 5 white and 5 red , any ideas where to get them ? the flare pistol is a BNP and on an FAC.

I've seen worse MOD requirements documents but not advertised on arrse. Very innovative

 

[br9mp812]

The Verey pistols in RAF use were converted in the 80s to use metallic cartridges of a slightly different calibre.
I heard that the old cardboard cased cartridges were no longer being made.

Think most would have gone to bird scaring and ATC signal duties

 

[Goldbricker]

26.5 is bigger than an inch, those are also very long and may not chamber in a standard very, they do sell the Chinese no trigger guard pistol but Survitec dont list it under Pyro!
Hmm
We still used Very pistols when I was in but very few of them no pun intended.

Well you needed to see the Boche as they cut your wire

 

[oscar1whisky]

Ships chandler's may be a source

 

[CptDanjou]

Ships chandler's may be a source

Never thought of that

 

[Drlligaf]

Think most would have gone to bird scaring and ATC signal duties

That's exactly where I used them, in the Harrier force and in training units there was plenty of opportunity to fire off a red or three. For bird scaring there were the 12 bore bangers fired out a Verey pistol with an adaptor.

 

[FourZeroCharlie]

Never thought of that

Ships chandler's may be a source

Nah: maritime signal/distress flares are just that-flares. No BFO 'Sink The Bismarck' flare pistols for ages.

As a bye-the-bye, most of those for UK use are made by Pains Wessex, the firework people.

 

[ugly]

As a bye-the-bye, most of those for UK use are made by Pains Wessex, the firework people.

PWS bought out by chemring in Derby

 

[ugly]

Never thought of that

Me neither, several local but I've never asked about flares

 

[SOCALSapper]

Nah: maritime signal/distress flares are just that-flares. No BFO 'Sink The Bismarck' flare pistols for ages.

As a bye-the-bye, most of those for UK use are made by Pains Wessex, the firework people.

The marine store next door to me sells the pistol type.

ORION Bluewater Alert/Locate Flare Kit | West Marine

 

[CptDanjou]

The marine store next door to me sells the pistol type.

ORION Bluewater Alert/Locate Flare Kit | West Marine

You`d need an FAC for that in the UK.

 

[SOCALSapper]

You`d need an FAC for that in the UK.

You might have to be 18 to buy one here, but they aren't even locked up on the shelf.