This is a 1937 dated ermaerfurt wwii nazi flare pistol. Military antiques flare pistols collectors firearms. Written by a man who has a passion for flare guns, this book explains in great detail all of the different wwii production flare pistols as well as the hundreds of. These sights will slide on to a czech or polish 26. We set ourselves apart by supplying unique parts at a good value and standing by our products by offering outstanding customer service. The problem was first solved in the early 1980s by geco, who released a. A topquality germanmade flare gun for signalling the coast guard or whoever else. Post ww2 they changed the name just like they did with the walther p38, what became the walther p1. Its beautifully made with blued steel and rugged plastic grips.
We specialize in all military surplus weapons from ak47s, ar15s, mausers, cetme, enfields, uzis, and much more. Amazons choice for pen flare 12 ultra bright glow sticks emergency light sticks for camping accessories, parties, hurricane supplies, earthquake, survival kit and more lasts over 12 hours green. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Their original and stillintended use is that of distress signaling, generally in a marine environment. Now includes a small picatinny style rail for underneath the barrel. While geco binoculars are available in 8x or 10x magnification with 32 mm and 42 mm lens diameters, geco gold binoculars are additionally available in 8. Flare guns, or signal launchers, have been around for ages. A flare gun, also known as a very pistol or signal pistol, is a largebore handgun that discharges flares. Used for signaling in the military, flare guns have been used in the united states navy since.
I just bought a new rail system that has a set of sights and hooks onto the geco lp2 flare guns berral, without interfering with how the gun works, also bought a new adapter that is larger than. Flare gun m1894 was manufactured in large numbers by many manufacturers. All geco binoculars are designed in matt black and the entire housing is made of magnesium. It is in perfect working order and features a singleshot breakaction, black metal body with a 6inch barrel, and brown plastic grips. It is the geco lp2 made for the westgerman army or bundeswehr. The leuchtpistole 34 was a single shot, break action, smoothbore, flare gun designed and produced by walther that was a successor to the earlier leuchtpistole 26. Support the nra and protect your 2nd amendment freedom in 2017 with this geco flare gun this is something a bit different, a german 26. A lot of the flare guns are world war ii designs and the gecko is a 1950s model, smith explained. Search, buy and sell flare verysignal pistol on gunstar today.
Used german military surplus geco flare gun 623102. The flare gun is used to create illumination for improved vision or as a distress signal. Four different models built from the professor parabellum diy sheet metal derringers plan book. Firearms is a coffeetable book guaranteed to provide several evenings worth of entertaining reading to any gun or history enthusiast in search of a general. This would be a 1960 era flare gun, with the manufacturing materials and methods taking you back to the era where people took pride in complicated designs. Apex gun parts is your source for hard to find gun parts, parts kits, and accessories. Gun timeline historical timeline of the development of modern weapons starting at 64 with the first recorded use of a firearm and ending in 1892 with the introduction of automatic handguns.
The regular fedex ground shipping fees are included in the price dealers inquire on case lots. While the leuchtpistole 34s frame was machined from duralumin, the barrel was machined from steel, was blued to stop. Geco binoculars observation optics are divided up into the geco and geco gold classes. New listing vtg lot of 1964 gi joe vintage 1966 45 caliber grease gun, pistol, knife flare. This particular flare gun is the geco flare gun which is commonly referred to as simply the german flare gun by most collectors. Appendix 1 important dates in the history of firearms from 1247 333. A relic wwi flare pistol named mark ii for the 10ga flare. Once used by german soldiers to mark their location and light the night, this coollooking collectible is 100% functional and useful for signaling.
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Some of them are dated 1944, like the german m44 model. Our book today is german flare pistols and signal ammunition, by dr. The official name of the flare gun was leuchtpistole model 1894, and it was designed by the ingenieurkomitee des heerespioniercorps, as the use of flare guns was initially linked to trenches and fortifications that sorted under the engineering corps. The flare gun geco is a special weapon unlocked at rank 23 in sas. The thickness of the shell has been doubled to add strength. Written by a man who has a passion for flare guns, this book explains in great detail all of the different wwii production flare pistols as well as the hundreds of different munitions used with flare pistols. Flare guns are an american invention that began in 1859, and in a short time their use had spread around the world.
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