So what if your gun can shoot underwater

[Yo Mama]

Looking through the youtube universe, I love watching Edwin Sarkissian penetration and shooting videos.

He recently shot a Glock 19 underwater, and yes it did work fine. Gun cycles and bullet comes out. However, the target was only able to be reached at about 1 foot away.

So if you are shooting a target underwater, it better be about 12 inches from you.

So, what is the fascination with underwater shooting?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoe9zFLhP4A

 

[GBExpat]

So, what is the fascination with underwater shooting?

Uh ... it will come in very handy when the Cephalopods rise up and seek to take over the landside of the planet?

... but that 1 foot range max is going to be an issue with all but the smallest critters.

 

[Fiv3r]

I never understood it either, but I'm guessing the fact that the gun still fires despite having increased pressure on all the parts that are normally just subjected to the air as well as having the striker surrounded by water and slowed down is what they are going for.

To me, it's kind of a non-issue. I'm not a SEAL. I don't swim with a gun. If I am ever in a boat while carrying, I've probably fallen over due to my own clumsiness and won't be reaching for my pistol.

My idea a proof test is if the gun feeds ammo reliably and doesn't require a detail cleaning every 300 rounds. It's nice if they will work dirty, but I don't expect my gun to have to function with sand poured down the barrel.

Truthfully, I'm more concerned how a gun will hold up finish wise to scrapes, bumps, holsters, and sweat.

 

[Deanimator]

I don't see myself ever having to shoot while underwater.

I can EASILY see having to shoot right after my firearm has been totally immersed.

 

[acdodd]

Here's a video of people shooting lion-fish in Florida with a Glock.
They are an invasive species and need to be eliminated.
Other than that I agree. Why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lG-snJZIV8

 

[gto.kroh]

Im surprised that the striker works that well under water

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[X-Rap]

Probably no need to discharge under water but seeing the limits a machine can be pushed is always reassuring.
Stating one knows they will never encounter adverse conditions while needing to fire a gun is no less unreasonable than torture testing IMO.

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[dirtman]

If you need to shoot under water use the proper tool. that being a power head spear.... I have used 12 g. 308 and 223 all of which are very effective.... when the spear hits the target the bullet discharges into the target and all the gas from the discharge also enters the target which causes a massive embolism in the target ... very effective... and very dead....

 

[Acera]

If you want a video without a goofball doing it, check out these.

This guys work is good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp5gdUHFGIQ



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5K6YymPe_M


He has other firearm related videos............



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[Warp]

So, what is the fascination with underwater shooting?

That is a pretty good indication that it will shoot if it's raining, you're in a car wash, you had fallen in a pool, you fell/dropped it in a puddle, you fell off/out of a boat, whatever.

 

[WestKentucky]

Glock, piranha protection perfection

 

[BlkHawk73]

Just another testosterone filed "tactical" necessity the mall ninjas believe they need.

 

[JR24]

Sharktopus.

Though I'd rather have something in the elephant gun variety vs that beast.

 

[tipoc]

OK, years back, like 25-30 years ago, some folks touted the Glock as the only gun that would fire underwater and that they were used by the SEALS for that purpose. ("Plastic gun" somehow meant to somebody that they would be better underwater than a steel gun). So the idea of trying that out came about.

Not only are Glocks not the only guns that will fire underwater they were also not used by the SEAL for "that purpose". They are also of not much use underwater unless you are right up on top of whatever it is you want to shoot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQLBW5Olm0c

Seems hammers get slowed down a bit by the density of the water.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWTw2Vz-h1Q

AK underwater...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5K6YymPe_M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp5gdUHFGIQ

However, the Glock maritime spring cups!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COea9JqJ7SM


tipoc

 

[WelshShooter]

I'm pretty sure that the large majority of people here would never need to shoot a firearm underwater, however, this proves that if a firearm can be discharged underwater then it can be discharged if it were dropped in a puddle etc.

 

[guyfromohio]

That and a when am I really going to get in a gunfight with a block of ballistic gelatin?

 

[RecoilRob]

During Water Survival training at Parris Island back in the '70's they stressed that should you find yourself in the water after your ship went down, to feel free to engage any large toothy fishes that might want you for dinner. Of course we had .45's and they work OK at contact to a little more on a shark so they said.

The concussion would likely discourage a shark even if it wasn't perforated badly by the projectile....but treating the gun like a powerhead would probably be the best tactic. Just don't push so hard that the disconnector gets to work and spoil the fun.

 

[threoh8]

I think part of the interest comes from issues encountered with the early M16's in Viet Nam. During firefights, rifles got dunked in rivers and rice paddies. Some malfunctioned or worse. Such things can happen with any rifle, but the M16 was such a departure from the norm that its performance was under a microscope. That interest in wet or submerged firing has continued.

Oh, that and the spy/action movie SCUBA scenes.

 

[luffy100]

well its a good thing. it can come in handy

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Who wudda thunkit?

What would be the effect of the sound waves of a gun firing underwater on fish? Particularly the kind of fish you don't want around. Would it attract or repell sharks? Piranha?

Would it repell them up close as loud and painful, but attract them from a distance as a dull thump?

I might buy or trade for a new sidearm and have a pressing curiosity about its ability to fire underwater.
I did not say a pressing need.

 

[Dr.Rob]

Shooting invasive fish with a Glock looks remarkably easy.

Steve Sisou would be proud.

 

[230RN]

I guess it's another nice to know thing, especially if your gun gets doused. At first I wondered if the extra mass of the water projectile in the bore would result in excessive pressures, but I guess not.

 

[Archie]

It is mostly an advertising - propaganda tool. In the 1950s and 60s, there used to be television advertisements about ball point pens that would write underwater, or on paper smeared with butter and such.

Both demonstrations show that product can function in abnormal circumstances. But, so what?

 

[Coop45]

Can you appendix carry a Glock in the shower?

 

[Deaf Smith]

So, what is the fascination with underwater shooting?

My Glock can shoot under water, upside down, dirty as heck, limp wristed, in ice cold climates, in super hot sandy climates, dunked under salt water for months, and well in just about any climate there is!

And go 1000 rounds without cleaning. So it all is a big deal.

Deaf