Found a flare gun today at a flea market

**BigBoomStick** · November 6th, 2011, 11:01 PM

Does anyone know anything about this or has anyone seen one before?

It looks like it has a pewter handle. I tried Google'ing a bit but haven't been able to find this exact model... but as far as I can tell it is similar to Harrington & Richardson's other models.

******EDIT****** - Maybe not H&R, but Webley and Scott according to this picture: http://www.collectorfirearms.org/web...tols/sg-50.htm

On the side it has stamped PISTOL SIG NO1 MK 6.

Any ideas?

**solrac7** · November 6th, 2011, 11:22 PM

No, But I'll give ya $20 for it! No seriously, nice find ! Cb

**CHEMICAL** · November 6th, 2011, 11:24 PM

http://www.worthpoint.com/article/si...est-flare-guns

**Noah_Zark** · November 6th, 2011, 11:28 PM

The grips are not pewter, but al-yew-min-ee-um.

Noah

**wa3ra** · November 6th, 2011, 11:53 PM

I had a dead ringer for that one in my plane, Scott, 1916, under the aluminum grips there should be an armory mark, possibly a RFC, and a crown with GR in it (for georgos rex), George V.

The RFC and later the RAF used them for signalling; if a plane was coming in after dark, the flight line crew would launch a flare to let the pilot find the end of the field. In the air, they were used for indicating the target area behind enemy lines for artillery, in the event a plane went down near the lines, they would sometimes be used to indicate the location of the stranded flier.

Hell of a neat find!

**lemko** · November 7th, 2011, 11:52 AM

Just be careful with that thing or else Deep Purple will be writing a song about you too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUwEI...eature=related

**BigBoomStick** · November 9th, 2011, 09:16 AM

Good info guys. Looks like I got a good deal on this thing. I will probably keep it as a wall hanger.

**32 Magnum** · November 9th, 2011, 12:47 PM

I can confirm that it is not an H&R made flare gun. The trigger guard is wrong and the grip frame is not quite the same. H&R flare gun designs were helped along by their collaboration with Webley, so there are similarities, especially with the pieces that have the "yoke" type top barrel locking system.