Red Dragon
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I was watching Lethal Weapon 4 the other day and at the end Mel Gibson's character shoots Jet Li's character with an AK-47 while underwater. My question is, would a weapon fire a single shot let alone full auto underwater?
Red Dragon said:I was watching Lethal Weapon 4 the other day and at the end Mel Gibson's character shoots Jet Li's character with an AK-47 while underwater. My question is, would a weapon fire a single shot let alone full auto underwater?
Thanks for the clarification.buford1 said:Gun powder requires no oxygen, as it creates it'a own.
TheArchDuke said:I saw a movie a while back, I think it was called "Mindhunters". Well whatever it was called, it was starring "LL Cool J" so I should have known what was coming. Anyway, there's one scene where they have a gun fight under water but the bullets only travel about six feet or so and then sink slowly. That doesn't seem very realistic to me. Maybe I'm wrong. Does anyone know how far a bullet would travel under water? I know it's not as far as it does through the air because of drag but bullets seem to be pretty hydrodynamic (is that a word?) and I'm sure they'd go farther than six feet.
Can you provide your source, please?Travis McGee said:Don't do this with AR type rifles! Even after being dunked, be careful to retract the bolt and allow the gas tube and barrel to drain. The residue in the gas tube can trap water after submersion, and lead to dangerous results and damaged receivers. Iikewise, water in the barrel can cause catastrophic failure.
TechBrute said:Can you provide your source, please?
A water-filled barrel first must be drained because water can block the barrel and gas tube. Firing produces tremendous pressure that may cause the weapon to explode. Some assume that water will simply blow out of the way, but this is not entirely true. If water is toward the back of the barrel, it can't move out of the way quickly enough, so it acts as an obstruction--similar to dirt, sand or a cleaning rod stuck in the bore. Dirt and sand are hard to remove because they stick to the bore and chamber. Water is much easier to deal with; you don't need to break open the weapon or swab the bore as you do with dirt and sand.
Thanks for setting us all straight. Can you provide some sources for your information?ctdonath said:This thread appears periodically, and is usually full of misinformation. Search the web for pages (there are several) describing how to do it correctly in detail.