Deactivated WWII British RAF No4 MKI* Flare Pistol

This is a WWII British No4 MKI* Flare Pistol . Primarily designed for use on RAF aircraft during WWII. It has distinctive locking lugs on the end of the barrel so it could be locked into a firing/locating bracket before being fired from the aircraft. During WWII the British devised a method of different coloured flares for different days of the week, so ground anti aircraft crews could distinguish them from enemy aircraft.

Deactivated with a working action it can be cocked, stripped and dry fired.