On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:29:01 -0700 (PDT), terry
wrote:

BTW the parachute flare that came with our pistol and now well out of
date, is longer than the pistol barrel. It sticks out at least a
couple of inches; whereas smaller/shorter 12 gauge flare cartridges
(using an adapter) would be entirely within the barrel length!

Anybody see any problems/disadvantages or have any info re the above?

25mm parachute flares normally are longer than the barrel and it is
not a problem. 25mm is quite a bit more robust (higher and
brighter) than 12 ga but neither come close to the visibility of SOLAS
flares. I've seen enough demonstrations of SOLAS flares to know that
they are the ones you want in a real emergencies. Everything else
seems like a toy in comparison.