WWII Flare Pistols

[Mallard]

Is anyone here knowledgeable about WWII era Japanese and American flare pistols?

 

[Inglis]

Is anyone here knowledgeable about WWII era Japanese and American flare pistols?

I have a WWII Japanese flare pistol but I ran out of flares in the sixties.

 

[Mallard]

I have a WWII Japanese flare pistol but I ran out of flares in the sixties.

Which do you have?

 

[Inglis]

Type 10

 

[Mallard]

Type 10

I think mine is a type 90

 

[Inglis]

I think mine is a type 90

Double barrel flare gun. I have seen photos but never seen on in the flesh.

My Dad obtained his at the end of WWII. We did have a box of some flares but my twin and shot them all off.

My Dad cut the firing pin on mine to prevent my brother and I from shooting it again.

 

[Mallard]

Double barrel flare gun. I have seen photos but never seen on in the flesh.

My Dad obtained his at the end of WWII. We did have a box of some flares but my twin and shot them all off.

My Dad cut the firing pin on mine to prevent my brother and I from shooting it again.

Mine was brought back from WWII by my wifes grandfather.