John H. wrote:
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 21:22:14 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch wrote:

Or at least tried to fire some. I was just curious whether some 7 year
old flares would fire. These were Orion, the kind you twist the bottom
and then unscrew the base and you find a pull chain. 7 out of 7 failed
to do anything at all and AFAIK, they were never wet. Not sure if this
is useful info or not.

According to Orion: "Pyrotechnic signaling devices (including aerial flares and hand
held signals) expire 42 months after the date of manufacture in accordance with the
Coast Guard requirements."

https://www.orionsignals.com/faqs/ma...y-faqs/57.html

So you gotta admit you got what you could expect!
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But the Olin shotgun ones seem to fire after expiration. Seems as if they
should have a better than 100% failure rate. But you do live in a very
humid climate. Maybe store in a waterproof container?