Water in the bbl

Originally Posted by
JSantoro
What they use is a technique or method, not a particular type of gear.
You come out of the water, pull the charging handle to the rear so that the bolt clears the chamber and tip the barrel downward so that you introduce a clear opening so that air can flow in and water flows out (down). Magazines with holes in the baseplates are helpful, but with or without them, cracking open the bolt a touch is the surest way to get the water out of the most important portion: the barrel, because water doesn't compress. Might as well have concrete in the bore.
Just think of a straw in your MacDonald's Happy Meal drink: you seal the top with the tip of your finger, pull the straw up out of the fluid, the fluid in the straw stays there. Remove that finger from the tip, it plummets out.
Anybody that thinks that folks practice just simply jumping out of the water and shooting has been watching too many Chuck Norris movies, unless the Director's Cut shows the barrel exploding in his face but he kills everybody anyway because he's Chuck f**kingNorris. Maybe, somewhere out there, some bubba-gun-owning half-wit can claim to have done it with no effect. I don't think so, but if that half-wit exists, you either want to hang close to him because he's the luckiest SOB in the world....or get the hell away from him because you're gonna catch shrapnel from whichever harebrained event the Magic 8 Ball randomly comes up with the You're Hosed message.
This is the way to do it guys. Lower the muzzle and pull back on the charging handle slightly just to open and allow the water to run out, I would only add when you release the charging handle hit your forward assist to make sure the bolt is fully closed. I have run M16's in very heavey rain, streams, etc. As long as you get the water out it will keep on working. First chance you get, clean the weapon as soon as possible, feasable!
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