12 guage flares in a normal shotgun

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12 guage flares in a normal shotgun

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Posting in Gear as I'm not talking about normal shotgun ammo here. Would it be possible to fire 12 ga. flares in a regular 12 ga. shotgun? I'm presuming a cylinder or improved cylinder choke, and a quick followup cleaning like for corrosive ammo. Thoughts? Crazy?
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Frankingun wrote:Posting in Gear as I'm not talking about normal shotgun ammo here. Would it be possible to fire 12 ga. flares in a regular 12 ga. shotgun? I'm presuming a cylinder or improved cylinder choke, and a quick followup cleaning like for corrosive ammo. Thoughts? Crazy?
It might work with a cylinder or improved cylinder. I know for sure a 12 gauge flare won't fit through a full choke, and cleaning out the mess it made required power tools. If you decide to experiment, I would highly reccommend doing so over a body of water.
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Re: 12 guage flares in a normal shotgun

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Sounds like a bad idea.

I nominate you to try it in your shotgun. Please let us know how it works out.

+1 on trying it over a body of water.
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Re: 12 guage flares in a normal shotgun

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Mossberg makes a marine shotgun that is SOLD with flares. My understanding is that cylinder-choke is required.

That said, I HAVE fired a standard shot-shell in an old steel flare-gun. Used to carry in my truck in commie-fornia, planning to plead ignorance of the shells rolling around under the seat... :twisted:

Sure it was dangerous, but then so was a LOT of the dumb-shiat I did as a kid.

YMMV...

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Dedicated_Dad wrote:I HAVE fired a standard shot-shell in an old steel flare-gun.
There's at least 1 company selling 12gauge to 38 spl adapters.


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Re: 12 guage flares in a normal shotgun

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This looks interesting.
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Netpackrat wrote:This looks interesting.
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I don't get the 37mm launchers on ARs. Is there anything it can be loaded with that would be useful in fighting? I can kind of see the actual flares being handy, but I'd rather not have the extra weight just for flares.
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Re: 12 guage flares in a normal shotgun

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The overwhelming majority of ARs in private hands will never be used for fighting, and the 37mm launchers look like fun, in addition to being potentially life saving signaling devices.
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