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expired flare testing
Yesterday, I fired 4 expired "Orion" 12 guage flares. All four fired
but only one worked right. Results expiration year results 1990 Worked correctly 1995 Fired but failed to ignite flare 1998 Fired and flare ignited but only went to 50' altitude 1998 Fired but flare failed to ignite 2 Current flares: Fired and worked correctly. Two years ago, on a very rainy New Yrs, I fired a bunch of expired flares and all fired. However, the rain was so intense that I was unable to determine if the flares ignited. This test tells me that although old flares ussually fire, they do not work well. |
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Good info and it correlates with my experience.
I usually take my flares up to my dad's country place and fire them off in the winter. Last winter we had a few really old ones, from the mid 80's, most of which fired but the flare did not ignite. One of them, however had the opposite problem, it did not fire but the flare ignited in the barrel. That was fun!!! Drop that gun and run!! The other thing that struck me was how much higher the hand helds wentt and how much longer the burn time was when compared to the Orion 12 gauge flares. I would recommend firing expired flares if you can. It's good practice should you ever need to fire them in earnest. Matt (Parallax) wrote in message . com... Yesterday, I fired 4 expired "Orion" 12 guage flares. All four fired but only one worked right. Results expiration year results 1990 Worked correctly 1995 Fired but failed to ignite flare 1998 Fired and flare ignited but only went to 50' altitude 1998 Fired but flare failed to ignite 2 Current flares: Fired and worked correctly. Two years ago, on a very rainy New Yrs, I fired a bunch of expired flares and all fired. However, the rain was so intense that I was unable to determine if the flares ignited. This test tells me that although old flares ussually fire, they do not work well. |
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Do not fire expired flares or rockets!!
!!!!!!!!!!You may lose your hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And if you fire a valid one, be sure to wear work gloves!!! Return expired stuff to the shop where you bought the new ones. They now what to do with them. If they don't want them, call the FD. Cheers! AP "Paul Nightingale" wrote in message landnet.com... What does everyone do with their old flares? I had a heck of a time finding an authority (Fire Department,Coast Guard) to take my expired ones. I think we eventually had someone at the Coast Guard station take them. I would sure like to try them out, seems like when you have some real trouble is a bad time to learn how to use them. PS I know you can get white flares for practice. rhys wrote: On 5 Jul 2004 08:39:17 -0700, (Parallax) wrote: Yesterday, I fired 4 expired "Orion" 12 guage flares. All four fired but only one worked right. Results expiration year results 1990 Worked correctly 1995 Fired but failed to ignite flare 1998 Fired and flare ignited but only went to 50' altitude 1998 Fired but flare failed to ignite 2 Current flares: Fired and worked correctly. Two years ago, on a very rainy New Yrs, I fired a bunch of expired flares and all fired. However, the rain was so intense that I was unable to determine if the flares ignited. This test tells me that although old flares ussually fire, they do not work well. That's instructive, Parallax. Thanks. FWIW, we hold a "flare-off" at our YC every couple of years as the mandatory old ones pile up. We have to alert local water cops, the adjacent island airport and the Coast Guard, lest they think there's been a multi-boat pile-up G R. |
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On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 00:40:19 -0700, Paul Nightingale
wrote: What does everyone do with their old flares? I asked the manager at the local (Berkeley) West Marine that question and he said he would take them. |
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Paul Nightingale wrote in message slandnet.com...
What does everyone do with their old flares? I had a heck of a time finding an authority (Fire Department,Coast Guard) to take my expired ones. I think we eventually had someone at the Coast Guard station take them. I would sure like to try them out, seems like when you have some real trouble is a bad time to learn how to use them. PS I know you can get white flares for practice. rhys wrote: On 5 Jul 2004 08:39:17 -0700, (Parallax) wrote: Yesterday, I fired 4 expired "Orion" 12 guage flares. All four fired but only one worked right. Results expiration year results 1990 Worked correctly 1995 Fired but failed to ignite flare 1998 Fired and flare ignited but only went to 50' altitude 1998 Fired but flare failed to ignite 2 Current flares: Fired and worked correctly. Two years ago, on a very rainy New Yrs, I fired a bunch of expired flares and all fired. However, the rain was so intense that I was unable to determine if the flares ignited. This test tells me that although old flares ussually fire, they do not work well. That's instructive, Parallax. Thanks. FWIW, we hold a "flare-off" at our YC every couple of years as the mandatory old ones pile up. We have to alert local water cops, the adjacent island airport and the Coast Guard, lest they think there's been a multi-boat pile-up G R. I live about 40 miles from the water and I just fire them from my backyard after making sure the ground is very wet from rain. |
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Every year I plan on using my expired flares for practice on July 4th, and
every year I forget to have them on hand (they usually end up in the old outboard boat). Darned if I didn't forget again this year! I'll remember next year.... "Matt Koch" wrote in message m... Good info and it correlates with my experience. I usually take my flares up to my dad's country place and fire them off in the winter. Last winter we had a few really old ones, from the mid 80's, most of which fired but the flare did not ignite. One of them, however had the opposite problem, it did not fire but the flare ignited in the barrel. That was fun!!! Drop that gun and run!! The other thing that struck me was how much higher the hand helds wentt and how much longer the burn time was when compared to the Orion 12 gauge flares. I would recommend firing expired flares if you can. It's good practice should you ever need to fire them in earnest. Matt (Parallax) wrote in message . com... Yesterday, I fired 4 expired "Orion" 12 guage flares. All four fired but only one worked right. Results expiration year results 1990 Worked correctly 1995 Fired but failed to ignite flare 1998 Fired and flare ignited but only went to 50' altitude 1998 Fired but flare failed to ignite 2 Current flares: Fired and worked correctly. Two years ago, on a very rainy New Yrs, I fired a bunch of expired flares and all fired. However, the rain was so intense that I was unable to determine if the flares ignited. This test tells me that although old flares ussually fire, they do not work well. |
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"Garland Gray II" wrote in message news:9EHGc.2177$4Z3.1711@lakeread02...
When i did this, I allowed my kids to fire them since they had never done so. Initially they were afraid because they thought there would be a kick, now they will have no problems firing them if needed. Every year I plan on using my expired flares for practice on July 4th, and every year I forget to have them on hand (they usually end up in the old outboard boat). Darned if I didn't forget again this year! I'll remember next year.... "Matt Koch" wrote in message m... Good info and it correlates with my experience. I usually take my flares up to my dad's country place and fire them off in the winter. Last winter we had a few really old ones, from the mid 80's, most of which fired but the flare did not ignite. One of them, however had the opposite problem, it did not fire but the flare ignited in the barrel. That was fun!!! Drop that gun and run!! The other thing that struck me was how much higher the hand helds wentt and how much longer the burn time was when compared to the Orion 12 gauge flares. I would recommend firing expired flares if you can. It's good practice should you ever need to fire them in earnest. Matt (Parallax) wrote in message . com... Yesterday, I fired 4 expired "Orion" 12 guage flares. All four fired but only one worked right. Results expiration year results 1990 Worked correctly 1995 Fired but failed to ignite flare 1998 Fired and flare ignited but only went to 50' altitude 1998 Fired but flare failed to ignite 2 Current flares: Fired and worked correctly. Two years ago, on a very rainy New Yrs, I fired a bunch of expired flares and all fired. However, the rain was so intense that I was unable to determine if the flares ignited. This test tells me that although old flares ussually fire, they do not work well. |
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