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Firing an M1911 underwater. [1543x949] (i.imgur.com)

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[–]tlock8 28 points29 points ago

The vortex around the bullet is fucking sweet

[–]yesukai 5 points6 points ago

Yeah, that's the coolest thing I've seen all day. I wonder what ammo they are using to avoid too much pressure?

[–]terminal_velocity 5 points6 points ago

Why/how would there be too much pressure? From just the weight of the water as opposed to Standard air pressure?

[–]yesukai 6 points7 points ago

There's pressure behind the bullet, obviously. That pressure is supposed to get released at a certain speed down the barrel. If that release encounters more resistance than normal, you have higher pressures for longer than intended.

[–]terminal_velocity 2 points3 points ago

What would that result in? Just more recoil, or catastrophic failure?

[–]yesukai 0 points1 point ago

Probably nothing is going to happen. But it is putting the gun through something it wasn't intended for. So I would think it's at least more likely for something to fail.

Thinking about it I imagine there would be more recoil, but I'm not sure if you would feel it anymore than normal.

[–]Brad__Schmitt 1 point2 points ago

I would think any military grade piece of hardware would be expected to not blow apart so easily, no?

[–]wheredallthesyrupgo 7 points8 points ago

German made BMWs are serious pieces of hardware too but they weren't meant to be driven underwater.

[–]red_sky 2 points3 points ago

The difference here is that you're going to expect military personnel to be in mud and water at some points, and you're going to build their most important gear around that. BMWs are never expected to be underwater, ever.

[–]wheredallthesyrupgo 1 point2 points ago

Exactly, colt designed the m1911 to be able to withstand mud/water, similar to how BMW's are a-ok to drive in the mud/water.

Neither was designed to be used/driven underwater.

[–]mkosmo 2 points3 points ago

Actually, you should only expect it to perform to specification. The contractor doesn't want to spend a penny more per unit than they have to, so the spec is exactly what it will do.

Yeah, some contractors will lose a couple pennies of potential profits per unit for the safety of our troops, but not to build in a 1000x safety margin.

[–]krylonultraflat 7 points8 points ago

FUUUCCKKK YOOOUUUU POOOOLLLLLLL

[–]MegalosZ71 5 points6 points ago

That looks like it would create a ton of pressure inside the gun.

[–]xvisceral 5 points6 points ago

http://vuurwapenblog.com/2012/09/25/stop-freaking-out-about-carry-ammo/

[–]Spiffinz 10 points11 points ago

Hmm... But will it blend?

[–]RedManDancing 2 points3 points ago

Amazing!

It kinda looks like a snowball to me.

[–]cristalmighty 2 points3 points ago

Yes, but can it open beers?

[–]tlock8 10 points11 points ago

Any gun can open a beer if you're a good shot

[–]seasonyourwok 2 points3 points ago

Like the Galil bi-pod bottle opener?

[–]OreoMule 2 points3 points ago

Thumbnail looks like someone about to shoot a narwhal..

[–]Iceburn_the3rd 2 points3 points ago

I hope that's a kimber

[–]I922sParkCir 1 point2 points ago

I know the shooter owns a couple, so the chances are high.

[–]Aubrey76 1 point2 points ago

Beautiful.

[–]CptQuestionMark 0 points1 point ago

Cool!

[–]marymurrah 1 point2 points ago

Gun noob here. The arm position seems dangerous to me. I'd be afraid of some sort of kick back if I was shooting a gun with that hand position. Is that hand position safe?

[–]HazDaGeek 3 points4 points ago

That's well into the recoil phase I would think. Bullet is out of the barrel and the wrist / hand is close to or even past max deflection. Don't forget the density of water vs air. Water slows down a lot of the recoil induced motion.

[–]marymurrah 2 points3 points ago

Okay. What about if this was not underwater?

[–]wholeein 1 point2 points ago

What a fantastic capture, I love this!

[–]livinglifelazily 1 point2 points ago

Where are people shooting guns underwater without causing damage to the pool? Does the bullet stop before it hits the other side?

[–]pr0t0n29 1 point2 points ago

you need to watch mythbusters sir. Water slows bullets very effectively

[–]Cpatire 1 point2 points ago

Sweet pic!

[–]Bebop12 0 points1 point ago

I don't belioeve this ever happened. The rifling on a 1911 is right hand twist. The vortex in the picture is clearly left hand twist. The left / right flip on the picture has to be correct becuase the ejection port is on the right side as it should be.

[–]keyboardlover 0 points1 point ago

Wow...where did you do that? Looks like a swimming pool.

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