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  • What happens when you fire a gun underwater?

    From Rhino@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 18 22:54:48 2025
    I'm sure some of us have wondered about the results of firing a gun
    underwater. After all, we occasionally see action scenes where the good
    guy dives off a boat to escape the bad guys and the bad guys pull out
    their guns and try to shoot the good guy. We see the scriptwriter's
    version of what he thinks happens but what REALLY happens?

    This episode of Kentucky Ballistics looks at what happens when a variety
    of guns are fired underwater, ranging from handguns of different
    calibres, through shotguns and rifles. Be ready for some surprises,
    including some ruined guns, but probably not the ones you might expect.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE9zAMY2hXc [23 minutes]

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  • From danny burstein@21:1/5 to Rhino on Tue Aug 19 02:59:20 2025
    In <1080p1p$3cunm$2@dont-email.me> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:

    I'm sure some of us have wondered about the results of firing a gun >underwater. After all, we occasionally see action scenes where the good
    guy dives off a boat to escape the bad guys and the bad guys pull out
    their guns and try to shoot the good guy. We see the scriptwriter's
    version of what he thinks happens but what REALLY happens?

    This episode of Kentucky Ballistics looks at what happens when a variety
    of guns are fired underwater, ranging from handguns of different
    calibres, through shotguns and rifles. Be ready for some surprises,
    including some ruined guns, but probably not the ones you might expect.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE9zAMY2hXc [23 minutes]

    This was also addressed in a Mythbusters episode.


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  • From super70s@21:1/5 to danny burstein on Tue Aug 19 03:18:36 2025
    On 2025-08-19 02:59:20 +0000, danny burstein said:

    In <1080p1p$3cunm$2@dont-email.me> Rhino
    <no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:

    I'm sure some of us have wondered about the results of firing a gun
    underwater. After all, we occasionally see action scenes where the good
    guy dives off a boat to escape the bad guys and the bad guys pull out
    their guns and try to shoot the good guy. We see the scriptwriter's
    version of what he thinks happens but what REALLY happens?

    This episode of Kentucky Ballistics looks at what happens when a variety
    of guns are fired underwater, ranging from handguns of different
    calibres, through shotguns and rifles. Be ready for some surprises,
    including some ruined guns, but probably not the ones you might expect.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE9zAMY2hXc [23 minutes]

    This was also addressed in a Mythbusters episode.

    Seems like I remember from a recent Jaws doc they shot marbles
    underwater to make it look like bullets.

    At the least the sharks get a nice collection of cat's eyes, crystals
    and steelies.

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