Not real big on the salamanders and their tactics, being an ultramarines guy and all, but Im fairly sure the codex astartes covers the pulling of fingers at enemy.
Think its more on, take boltgun and apply liberally, aimed at the enemy heads.
It's not too easy to rate this mini. The banner is great, but the rest is not. I give you 7.5 for the banner, 4.5 for the mini and an extra point for the conversion ;) And i'm sorry but i have to disagree - i don't think the base is nice - i can't even tell what he's standing on...