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I know this may sound silly and I can see why, but the more I think of this the more I see good cause to ask this question. What would be the best, least corrodable handgun that is light enough to swim with in saltwater on a fun day at the beach.
The silly aspects are the obvious "Why????". Here is why this might come up:
The unlikely scenario of a shark attack, but this is only for places like parts of Florida and Hawaii bacause every where else it may be so rare as to not even think of it.
Going to the beach by yourself and you cannot leave your gun with the beach towel, or you have heard of attacks on beach goers coming back to their cars at that beach and you want to remain protected. So the gun must stay with you always, even while swimming.
You swim at a beach, private or public, where there are dangerous or possibly rabid animal or wild dog attacks and you do not want to be unprotected walking back to your beach towel, or you obviously do not want to leave an unatended gun on the beach.
So which gun can either be cheap enough that worry about an occasional saltwater soaking is no big deal?
Which is corrosive resistant enough so as long as it is cleaned shortly after it is not an issue?
Is it possible to have it in a sealed bag, but still able to fire while in the bag if needed?
Is there a gun even light enough to even swim with? Concealable for public beaches? (I guess in some places like maybe Virginia where open carry is legal, it might not have to be concealed.)
Now this is something I used to think of as foolish, but now that I think of it, there might be a time in my hopefully long life where this may become an issue, even if it is only once in a lifetime event. Imagine coming out of the surf to see a family member on the beach about to be attacked by a pack of starving, possibly rabid wild dogs and realising your handgun is a hundred yards away in your car instead of on your hip or ankle.
The silly aspects are the obvious "Why????". Here is why this might come up:
The unlikely scenario of a shark attack, but this is only for places like parts of Florida and Hawaii bacause every where else it may be so rare as to not even think of it.
Going to the beach by yourself and you cannot leave your gun with the beach towel, or you have heard of attacks on beach goers coming back to their cars at that beach and you want to remain protected. So the gun must stay with you always, even while swimming.
You swim at a beach, private or public, where there are dangerous or possibly rabid animal or wild dog attacks and you do not want to be unprotected walking back to your beach towel, or you obviously do not want to leave an unatended gun on the beach.
So which gun can either be cheap enough that worry about an occasional saltwater soaking is no big deal?
Which is corrosive resistant enough so as long as it is cleaned shortly after it is not an issue?
Is it possible to have it in a sealed bag, but still able to fire while in the bag if needed?
Is there a gun even light enough to even swim with? Concealable for public beaches? (I guess in some places like maybe Virginia where open carry is legal, it might not have to be concealed.)
Now this is something I used to think of as foolish, but now that I think of it, there might be a time in my hopefully long life where this may become an issue, even if it is only once in a lifetime event. Imagine coming out of the surf to see a family member on the beach about to be attacked by a pack of starving, possibly rabid wild dogs and realising your handgun is a hundred yards away in your car instead of on your hip or ankle.