bobmcd
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Spinning off from another thread about gunplay in the movies ...
I'm always pretty careful to avoid getting a weapon wet or dirty, but a couple of movies I've seen recently got me to thinking just how wet a gun can be and still function properly and safely. (Metal-cartridge weapons, not black-powder weapons, which obviously really need to be kept dry.)
One scene (which I found to be reasonable) was in "No Country for Old Men", in which Moss is being chased by a dog, swims a stream, and then pulls back the slide on his pistol to blow the water out of the barrel before shooting it.
The other scene (which I found to be hysterical) was in "Hitman". The Hitman accidentally drops his pistol in a toilet, and then spends the next couple of minutes in a desperate hand-to-hand scuffle that revolves around holding his gun under the electric hot-air hand-dryer so that he can finally shoot it. (I know, it's an action movie based on a video game, so realism is not necessarily a key consideration.)
While water (or anything else) in the barrel would be a very big no-no, surely water in other parts of the action would not be a short-term problem? (I.e., clean and dry it to keep it from rusting, but don't worry about shooting it, especially if you're in the middle of an SD situation.)
I'm always pretty careful to avoid getting a weapon wet or dirty, but a couple of movies I've seen recently got me to thinking just how wet a gun can be and still function properly and safely. (Metal-cartridge weapons, not black-powder weapons, which obviously really need to be kept dry.)
One scene (which I found to be reasonable) was in "No Country for Old Men", in which Moss is being chased by a dog, swims a stream, and then pulls back the slide on his pistol to blow the water out of the barrel before shooting it.
The other scene (which I found to be hysterical) was in "Hitman". The Hitman accidentally drops his pistol in a toilet, and then spends the next couple of minutes in a desperate hand-to-hand scuffle that revolves around holding his gun under the electric hot-air hand-dryer so that he can finally shoot it. (I know, it's an action movie based on a video game, so realism is not necessarily a key consideration.)
While water (or anything else) in the barrel would be a very big no-no, surely water in other parts of the action would not be a short-term problem? (I.e., clean and dry it to keep it from rusting, but don't worry about shooting it, especially if you're in the middle of an SD situation.)