I have the opportunity to acquire one of these, but I want some feedback on their function and practical applications.
Do they look awesome mounted on a rifle? Heck yes, but what can you use them for? Civilians can only use a very limited variety of cartridges. Any anti-personell ammunition (even though it's all non-leathal) makes it a Destructive Device. Flares are mainly used now a days in maritime applications, and even so, they seem to prefer 12 gauge pistol flares (assuming their highly advanced radio is broken).
I can only think of a very few situations where signal/illumination flares would be useful. They all involve a loss of power in a city for several weeks and defending a fixed position. Of course, with my luck, I'll end up in the exact type of situation where something like this is the only way to get out alive, lol.
Anyone here have personal experience with something like this?