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Originally posted by zefsuper911
And what is the useful utility of that thing...!!!?
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well zefsuper911...........with the brilliance of canadian gun laws and the people of the country voting the way they do, here in america we can own 26.5mm flare guns.
now why in hells name would i want one???
lets see..........if i crash in plane, they kinda come in handy. especially if plane doesnt have EPIRP. that way you could signal help.
or how bout lake powell..........that lil ol lake that gets 6 ft boomer waves when storms hit. enough wave action to sink 70 ft house boats. or how about someone has a accident in the escalante arm(one of the more remote parts of the u.s. where they only thing you can communicate w/ is a sat phone, and thats real short due to sheer vertical rise of canyons. remember that vhf and uhf usually line of site freaks(frequencies). no cell worky at lake powell.
or how about during score off road race in baja/nevada/az., and you needed to signal fixed wing or rotary that you were involved in accident and somebodys seriously injured or got dead!
or maybe out fishing in the gulf of california and boat breaks down.
or maybe out hunting and someone gets hurt bad.
or maybe in mexico as last ditch effort to save your bacon when bad guys come into camp and want to rape your g-friend/wife. yes you can bring spear guns and flare guns into and back out of mexico, we have checked and have always gone with very nice sharp bayonets/dive knives(we are all veteran 30 year divers) and nice 3-band JBL spear guns. were not stupid, always be prepared for the worst.
and the final reason.............because it was a gift and i had been looking for one for years NIB UNFIRED! also you can get sleeve adapter and shoot cheap ass OLIN 12 gauge flares instead of hi buck HK factory hard as hell to find flares.
oh yeah.............great way to start a fire to roast marshmellows!
ever take magnesium chips from machine shop and ignite w/olin 12 gauge flare gun.............ultimate way to get fire going in sub-zero arctic/antarctic whiteout!
look up hkpro.com and note similarities between VP70Z(volks-pistolen-1970year of mfg.- Z+zivilian).