a funny thing happened to me at the pool/bbq on 7/4

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maybe this is a handgun thread ... sorry mods, feel free to move if more appropriate.

i was at a friend's pool party/bbq yesterday. ccwing a glock 26 in a medium thunderwear (smartcarry).

my 3 y.o. toddler was in the pool, sitting on a step with mrs. slob sitting close by.

he slipped into deeper water and pulled a das boot. mrs. slob froze.

i had to jump in and get him out. big cannonball dive.

no big deal (kid okay) ... but

1) i was ticked mrs. slob wasn't switched on (min. condition yellow for the pool + kids)

2) i was ticked i got wet

3) i was ticked my glock got wet (and yes, parts of it were showing corrosion this a.m.) granted, it's only pool water (much more preferable to say, saltwater in an ocean).

4) i was ticked all nine of my CCW permits/licenses in my wallet got wet (some of them paper + lamination).

5) another perfectly good pair of underwear ruined

q. for the handgun guys ... is blow-drying the glock (with hair dryer) and then lubing it gonna be enough?
 
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I'd come up with a better name for her. :neener:


This bites... I have all of my important documents that I carry laminated by my wife (she's got a laminater). So far, its done its job.

Regarding hair-drying the Glock...

I'd also consider letting it spend some time in the oven to back off any water that you can't get to. Unload it, of course.

While I've never done this, I HAVE duracoated a number of firearms and cured them in the oven. I'd leave it in the oven on about 120-150 degrees for about 2 hours. It won't hurt the gun but it will get rid of hidden moisture.


-- John
 
Field strip the gun, dry it by hand and then dry any parts you cant reach with a hairdryer, then lube it. By the way, in my opinion it ought to be somewhat lubed at alll times, thereby protecting it. I have fallen into a lake with my AK5 in the military service, field stripped it, dried it, greased it and it was no worse for the experience (my walkman on the other hand never was the same again).
 
I'm just mildly curious why the Mrs didn't yank your child out? Something worth looking into with that. There's some reason why she just 'froze'.
 
sounds like panic mode to me.

Three year olds have enough sense to not try breathing underwater.

Maybe Mrs. Slob was waiting to see what the little bugger would do on his own.

i wasn't there so I dunno.

Besides its a Glock. As far as I know you cant hurt them.
 
i was ticked my glock got wet (and yes, parts of it were showing corrosion this a.m.) granted, it's only pool water (much more preferable to say, saltwater in an ocean).
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So much chemistry involved. Was it a traditional chlorine pool or one of the new salt water deals? Chlorine can be far worse than salt. I recomend either way a real good dis assembly and lots of fresh water then dry and lube. Salted/chlorinated lube will still rust a gun just takes longer. I am Glad only your feelings were hurt.

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Here's what I would do: Detail strip it and clean each piece well with Mpro-7. Then clean each piece again with CLP.

Pmro-7 is a very good cleaner. It's water-based, and will strip everything off, including Chlorine. You then want to get the Mpro-7 off and leave a protective film behind. That's what the CLP is for.




With regard to your wife, try not to be too hard on her. Some individuals freeze up when an emergency arises. You just found out that she is one of those people. It can be overcome with some training, but she will always be more likely than you to freeze in an unexpected emergency. This is useful information to you, and you thankfully found out with no serious harm done.
 
Yeh, I do not understand the problem with the Glock having been dumped in the pool. Unload. Field strip. Wash w/ hot soapy water. Rinse w/ very hot water. Dry. Lubricate. Done.
 
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if you feel the need to carry to the pool, i think you need to move, or at least quit taking your family there...
 
if you feel the need to carry to the pool, i think you need to move, or at least quit taking your family there...
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What...are you new? Most people who CCW do so most everywhere. Perhaps you are convinced you will be able to determine in advance the location of a criminal assault. Good luck with that.
 
What ruined your underwear? Did the adrenaline overwhelm your colon or do chlorine smelling underwear count as ruined? Maybe this should be in the underwear forum (and if we don't have one, where are the mods on this one?)

No sweat if it's the first, I've spackled a few drawers in my life.
 
Regarding your firearms, well clean it good and try this stuff:

http://www.strike-hold.com/Products.html

I use it on all my firearms and you just cannot believe how easy they are to clean and how dry they stay. If you go to that site check out the military testimonial section.
 
years ago, (before CCW in TN) I was at the mountians with my family, the children were playing in the stream. My daughter stepped off the ledge and disapeared, popped up once, I went into high gear, popped up twice and I was there soaked but when I found her I grabbed, luckily for me and her she had just begun to wear a training bra and my hand caught it dead center. I still pick on her today about the strongest bra straps inTN. I lost 2 packs of smokes (it was before I quit), a pager, all my stuff in my wallet that was not "protected", and the illusion that my little girl would never grow up. It was the last time they went in the water unless I checked it out first.
 
Glocks are sort of like ak's. You can keep beating on them and beating on them, i wouldn't suggest such though. I have to agree with what everyone else has said though.the only thing i'd do is actually leave it disassembled over night, to let it sort of air dry. just make sure to dust of the parts.

Also dralarms, i've done something very similar to that. i was like ten at the time, but me and my friends were swimming at the creek. theirs this little cliff where you can jump off into really deep water. my girl friend{two seperate words} jumped of and part of the cliff collapsed O.O. well i ended up jumping off after her, and pulling her out from a bunch of clay like stuff.
 
30 cal slob said:
3) i was ticked my glock got wet (and yes, parts of it were showing corrosion this a.m.) granted, it's only pool water (much more preferable to say, saltwater in an ocean).
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Ummm ... pool water.

Think "chlorine" ...
 
what happened to your underwear?

as far as glock, put glock in diswasher then spin dry in dryer!
(only kidding, glad kid is OK)
Mrs Slob!?
Don't worry, we won't tell her you said that.
 
5) another perfectly good pair of underwear ruined
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:confused:

What ruined your underwear? Did the adrenaline overwhelm your colon or do chlorine smelling underwear count as ruined? Maybe this should be in the underwear forum (and if we don't have one, where are the mods on this one?)

No sweat if it's the first, I've spackled a few drawers in my life.
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Now, that's funny.

I'm glad the boy is safe.
 
I would be more inclined to blame Mr. Dad than Mrs. Slob. When my children were young and around water, I was always close enough to pull them out. I never let them get close to water over knee deep. I have stepped in to rescue them when they fell in. I got wet but did not get upset. It goes with the job. It’s what dad’s do.
 
When my kids were that small if they were allowed in a pool with a deep end one of us were right there with them IN the water and within reach of the child . We also made sure they didn't get to the deep end that way .

Your children can't just be replaced like the stuff in the wallet , something like this is very close to warranting charges of child endangerment .
 
Disagree

BigO01, I just don't agree: Both parents were in sight of the kid, kid got in over his head, maybe learned something, and had little chance or any real harm (Dad was right there).

Parents cannot protect kids from every little danger, but can be handy to pull them out of harms way. Which, the Slobs did!

Had they been in the house or otherwise out of sight with the kid in, near, or with easy access to the pool then that would be endangerment.
 
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