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Something I just thought of, I bet all of theses tests were conducted with FMJ ammo. I wonder about shooting a Hollow point under water.

tboesche wrote:Something I just thought of, I bet all of theses tests were conducted with FMJ ammo. I wonder about shooting a Hollow point under water.

Hollow points expand when they hit water or stuff made out of water. Why don't you give it a try and let us know how it turns out??

I'm sure everyone knows this, but don't go testing your firearms underwater. It's a bad idea to ever fire when you know the barrel is obstructed with anything.

But the guy on YouTube did it!

Springfield XD frozen in a block of ice, put in sand, mud, runover, etc..... 20000+ rounds

http://arsenal.mojo4m.com/1852/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

smasraum:
That torture testing link on the XD was awesome and should inspire confidence to all
the XD owners.

I was surprised at the range owner's comment at the end that he doesn't keep Sigs and HK's
for range guns because they break too much. Since they cost more than XD's I figured that
they would be even tougher.

SIA

Re: Real world performance of guns immersed in water?

New postby AndyC » Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:34 am
You can fire almost any firearm underwater, provided the barrel is full of water at the time. The problem comes in when the barrel is half-filled (it will usually kaboom) - and if your ears are underwater too, better wear plugs.

IMO this was the only post worth reading in this entire topic.

Than

one eyed fatman wrote:

Re: Real world performance of guns immersed in water?

New postby AndyC » Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:34 am
You can fire almost any firearm underwater, provided the barrel is full of water at the time. The problem comes in when the barrel is half-filled (it will usually kaboom) - and if your ears are underwater too, better wear plugs.

IMO this was the only post worth reading in this entire topic.

Thank goodness everyone is entitled to their own opinion.