Other Questions ??

What are the rules for flare guns acquisition?

Unfortunatly, laws are different from a country to another.
Nevertheless, in France, you'll need to be 18 years old but you can't wear it in the street. So free for having at home.

French: http://www.webmaestru.net/documents/reglementation/

Any other information concerning other countries reglementation are welcome.

About ammunitions.

In France, all the different kind of flare cartridges are free for hold except explosive cartridges.

By the way, we wouldn't recommend to shoot and fire old original flare cartridges (more than 60 years old)
Just keep in mind, that during WWII, flare cartridges had already an expiry date (usually 3 or 4 years after having been manufactured).

To learn more ...

To get deeper in detail on that subject, we should recommend you to buy these two books:

Deutsche Leucht- und Signalpistolen (Band 1 & 2) written by Wolfgang Kern (Volume 1 is concerning period up to 1945)

Deutsche Leucht- und Signalpistolen de Lorenz Scheit  (more dedicated to flare gun cartridges).

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