Hello everyone
I have a question about ammunition in modern assault rifles, and I hope you guys can help me.
It is once again a question that came up during research for my novel, and I failed to find an answer somewhere else.
The setup is as follows:
The Protagonist searches a house for hostile soldiers with her AKM slung, and, of course, runs into some.
Lacking options she jumpes into a pool for cover, taking the loaded rifle with her.
In the following the rifle is submerged for almost five minutes before it is retrived and brought back to the surface.
There would be no time to strip it, or to clean/dry it, as it would neet to be fired very soon after it resurfaces.
My question is pretty simple.
After being in the pool (fresh water with chlorine) for some time, would the rifle still work?
ANd would the ammunition still work?
(In case that matters, it's completely standart ammunition)
Or would either the rifle or the ammunition useless (forever or until the next maintenance)?
Thanks for your time
Max
I have a question about ammunition in modern assault rifles, and I hope you guys can help me.
It is once again a question that came up during research for my novel, and I failed to find an answer somewhere else.
The setup is as follows:
The Protagonist searches a house for hostile soldiers with her AKM slung, and, of course, runs into some.
Lacking options she jumpes into a pool for cover, taking the loaded rifle with her.
In the following the rifle is submerged for almost five minutes before it is retrived and brought back to the surface.
There would be no time to strip it, or to clean/dry it, as it would neet to be fired very soon after it resurfaces.
My question is pretty simple.
After being in the pool (fresh water with chlorine) for some time, would the rifle still work?
ANd would the ammunition still work?
(In case that matters, it's completely standart ammunition)
Or would either the rifle or the ammunition useless (forever or until the next maintenance)?
Thanks for your time
Max