2007-12-05 04:51:08 · 16 answers · asked by thorno74 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Gun above water and you below? Yes, you can. Smaller, higher velocity rounds like the .223 can penetrate a few feet under water. There was even a .17 cal solid copper bullet designed by the military to hit targets swimming up to twenty feet under water.
Gun under water with you? Again, yes, you can. In fact there are firearms designed specifically *for* firing under water. One Ak variant can fire over 100 feet under water and supposedly had a cyclic rate of 500rpm.
2007-12-05 16:20:52 · answer #1 · answered by randkl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Handguns can cause injury at up to several feet under water, varying depending on the angle. Higher powered rifle rounds are of such velocity that they fly apart on impact and can only cuase harm at a few inches.
For example, a .50 caliber sniper rifle won't hurt you if you are down 6 inches, a 9mm handgun can hurt you at a foot or two. Pretty much, everything you know about what rounds are more powerful is reversed.
2007-12-05 13:49:55 · answer #2 · answered by Colter B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definite, while our dept converted to Glocks we watched a video from the sales rep the place the army seals i think have been doing the attempting out, i don't undergo in suggestions if it replaced right into a style 17 or the 18 (18 is a lot heavier built and has a heavier barrel as a results of its elect hearth means) and the gun replaced into inventory apart from the decrease weight cringe spring to insure feeding. there's a shooter section result however, if submerged while the gun is fired it can bring about a concussion and you will have blood on your urinary song... think of roughly approximately that till now you attempt this.
2016-12-10 13:24:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mythbusters (on Discovery channel) tested this theory recently. They proved that with any rifle, even the Barrett .50 cal that at about 2 to 3 feet under water the bullet fragments so much you'd be safe.
2007-12-05 05:38:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That's the theory behind the "Boomstick", a device used by divers to deter/kill sharks. In essence, it's a gun that fires a single .357 bullet or 12 ga. shotshell.
2007-12-05 05:05:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but the density of water compared to the bullet won't allow the projectile to go beyond maybe a couple of feet.
2007-12-05 05:59:10 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes technically, but after a few feet of water rounds will have no effect.
2007-12-05 04:55:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think until after like 3 feet.
2007-12-05 04:55:59 · answer #8 · answered by Donna L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends
check out mythbusters for the full details
2007-12-05 05:20:10 · answer #9 · answered by C M 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yup, its all mechanics ,the gun is a simple machine, one gear setting another gear into motion ,setting forward a sequence of events resulting in a projectile (the bullet) being shot out of the barrel. the water would greatly effect accuracy in any sort of distance but from point blank, bang your dead......
2007-12-05 04:56:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋