If a gun dropped into the ocean, how to clean

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What would you if your gun dropped into the ocean, revolver or semi auto.

What do you soak it in? motor oil or just spray lots of CLP on it, and remove all parts.

I was thinking because I got a water proof case(if it broke or something), which you can swim with and if water ever got in and got in my gun I would have to clean it fast.
 
Wow. . .I am sure many will chime in but I think I would start with a lot of fresh water to remove the salt and then get the gun submerged in Wd40 to displace the water and then start taking things apart.

The thought is to get the salt away from the metal ASAP and then get the water displaced and keep the firearm away from oxygen untill the surface is protected.

You will have to be pretty quick or things will get real ugly.

Geetarman:D
 
If it is a Glock, just put it in the dishwasher and give it a good scrub. Anything else will need a good bit of attention to the insides and getting all the water out and relubricating accordingly.
 
I had this happen. I used a PA-63 as a "tacklebox" gun. Even though it was in a ziplock bag it still got wet. I took it apart and put it into a pot of boiling water then used compressed air to blow it dry (didn't really need to because the residual heat did a good job).
 
It's amazing what you can salvage fron salt water, even electronics. You have to clean it quickly by rinsing thoroughly with fresh water ,even boiling, dry with some heat, lube with something like RIG . You must take things apart to properly clean the parts.
 
Field strip it the best you can, rinse the gun in hot water, dry it with a hair drier, and re-oil/lube it.

If you come across one of the old dryers with the plastic hose, get it for this duty, including if the gun just gets rained on.
 
I believe I'd do some serious swearing first. Lots of fresh very hot water would probably be a necessity to wash out all the salt, followed by a thorough drying, followed by lots and lots and lots of oil. It's less trouble to use more oil than needed than take a chance on rust.
 
Yeah, I agree with the whole swearing thing, but you'll definitely need to clean the salt out. If you've shot corrosive ammo, you'll know what I mean. Boiling water, windex, ballistol, whatever you've got to get rid of the salt.

Then all you need to do is clean and lubricate, but be sure to clean all the small crevices and not just the moving parts. There will still be salt left over if you don't.

Hope that helped! :)
 
That would depend on how many fathoms of water you were sitting in. :eek:

But, if you're out in a boat and have fresh water, unload,field strip and throw it in a bucket with fresh water. When the fish stop biting, remove parts and pour fresh water over pieces rinsing best you can.

Shake each piece and wipe down. Submerge in some kind of oil. If you happen to have some ATF(automatic trans. fluid), that may be good to soak it in due to the fact it's high in detergent....

...or...

Get a Glock - they are specifically used underwater for shark attacks.
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I'm thinking I would wash it with hot water, then I would put it under a heat lamp while blow drying it (plug the heat lamp and blow dryer into different circuits.

Then when I thought it was dry, I'd drop it in a bucket of kerosene and let it sit overnight.

The next day, I'd clean it all again using motor oil.
 
Check with a Navy SEAL

I don't think it would be that big of a deal. Our armed services, I would think, have to deal with this constantly. When they land on a foreign shore in the midst of a firefight I wouldn't think they would have time for fancy methods to clean/clear their weapons. I'm sure eventually they would have to deep clean the weapon, but again, given the situation I wouldn't think they would have time to strip it to nothing and boil water and let it soak over night in an oil bath.

I could be wrong, I have been before, but it seems that a good thorough cleaning with standard cleaning procedures would suffice.
 
Thanks guys!


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If it is a Glock, just put it in the dishwasher and give it a good scrub
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Really Glock in a dishwasher has anyone done it? :confused: I would only do it if salt water got in it.
 
I would disassemble, run the parts through a cleaning cycle using a cleaning solution in my ultrasonic, dry, then run through an ultrasonic cycle using a rinse and lubricating solution, dry, lube, and then reassemble.

It will then be cleaner than it was new. :)
 
I fell out of a boat into a pond at my sisters house. First thing i did was drain the water out of it and then shoot both the mags i had on me then i found a can of wd40 in my brother in laws shop and sprayed it out real good then when i got home i stripped it down and used rem oil to flush out everything real good.
 
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