---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 160.024-2"
title: "46"
number: "160.024-2"
heading: "Type."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/160.024-2"
---

# §160.024-2. Type.

- (a) Pistol-projected parachute red flare distress signals specified by this subpart shall be of one type which shall consist essentially of a cartridge having centered primer, propelling charge, and projectile consisting of a case, delay element, expelling charge, and pyrotechnic candle attached to a parachute by shroud lines; the cartridge to be of such dimensions that it can be fitted into and fired from a signal pistol with chamber and bore dimensions within the limits provided by Figure 160.028-2(a) of [subpart 160.028](/cfr/46/subpart160.028.md) of this chapter.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 76-048a, CGD 76-048b, 44 FR 73071, Dec. 17, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 4302; E.O. 12234; 45 FR 58801; 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; and DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.