Lets be careful out there.......

[r.morrison]

Or a head remover/opener. The Cartridge is stamped SSG, which if I recall are small ball bearings. Still really really stupid to mix that in with the other cartridges. I sold a few more on Facebook and it's shocking how many stupid people are out there that WOULD insert this shell and fire it off.

[Chris Suslowicz]

SSG is "Swan Shot", in English size 0.30" or 7.62mm diameter, the American equivalent is #1 Buck, Australian SSG is slightly smaller, 0.27" or 7.23mm.

I assume the device pictured is a flare pistol, and possibly made of plastic?

(Over here it would be classed as a "Prohibited Weapon" under s.5 of the Act - pistol or short (!!!) barrelled shotgun.)

Anyone even _thinking_ of producing a flare pistol that will chamber and fire 12ga shotgun cartridges should be locked up for their own (and everyone else's) safety. IMAO, of course.

Chris.

[Chris Suslowicz]

I can't definitely recall the chamber pressures involved, but I _think_ the .303 Lee Enfield ( ) was 7 tons per square inch, and a 12ga shotgun around 3 tons per square inch... 6720psi is going to convert any plastic or diecast flare pistol into handgun McNuggets a few milliseconds after the hammer falls.

The shot load probably won't even have cleared the muzzle by that point.

[tankbarrell]

In the UK, a flare pistol would be a Sec. 1 firearm as there is an exemption from Sec. 5 for signalling and pyrotechnic pistols. However, if it is chambered for a 12 bore cartridge, then that wouldn't apply.

[Chris Suslowicz]

Thankfully there's the whole Atlantic Ocean between us and that piece of mindboggling stupidity. Quite apart from the illegality it's a Darwin Award looking for a recipient.

Chris.

[mark gillatt]

https://youtube.com/shorts/tRN-aUHUA...0raeDAnoetMcJV

[Chris Suslowicz]

Ah, that's _irritating_. It doesn't show the flaregun attempting to fire a shotshell, and wants you to subscribe to see any more. I subscribed and couldn't find it after several pages, so a quick search on Youtube got:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9okikBPvmHU

And, as I thought, in the words of the late Dean A. Grennell: "It doesn't work worth sour owl sweat."

While it doesn't appear to be likely to blow your hand completely off, you are definitely not going to enjoy the experience.

Now I just need to unsubscribe from that channel.

Chris.