Underwater gun???

[Polishpickles451]

In the manual that comes with the Automag and Minimag, it says to clean the gun by dipping it in water while it is fully pressurized. Do you(or should you) fire the gun while it is underwater?

[cphilip]

If all the seals are good it's ok as its all under positive pressure but you will get one heck of a splash of water! I would not do it. You will get wet.:D

[MikeCouves]

Haha Phil. Yeah no water will get into the internals because the seals keep it out. If you think about it, if no air can get out, how can water possibly get in? Lol, it's weird.

Phil how would you go about putting it in though? Like upside down with the tank in the air? Which part of the marker would you use? Just the valve or the whole mainbody and parts.

[cphilip]

Yes, upside down with tank in the air is it. Then use your brother or sisters tooth brush and clean it all up and keep dipping it back in to resoak it. A few drops of Liquid Dish detergent in the first bucket helps the water cling. Then dip in a bucket of fresh water to rinse. Then rinse out your brother/sisters tooth brush and replace it on the rack so he/she never knows. Then after some time of inital drying degass it and dismantle the marker and complete the drying it all off in the nooks and cranies and reassemble oiling all the proper parts as you go.

DO NOT DO THIS WITH EMAG!!!

[virus]

hmm... i usally just take off my tank cover and dunk everything (once gassed up that is) in the sink or bathtub.....

besides firing it under water is fun....

[DaosBeoulve]

cphilip, I'm going to clean my gun exactly like that next time I'm home...:D Thanks for the tips...:cool:

[PyRo]

Ok, I don't know that much about pysics and such, but...
The bolt is not sealed the entire time the gun is under, when it shoots for about 1/50th of a sec it is unsealed. Now, when the air comes out does that create a vacuume in the chamber, and suck some air back in? Or does it retain some pressure, enough to keep the water from flowing in.

[cphilip]

Originally posted by PyRo
Ok, I don't know that much about pysics and such, but...
The bolt is not sealed the entire time the gun is under, when it shoots for about 1/50th of a sec it is unsealed. Now, when the air comes out does that create a vacuume in the chamber, and suck some air back in? Or does it retain some pressure, enough to keep the water from flowing in.

Always either pressurized or its pushing out air and forcing water away. The vacuum affect is around the bolt not into the PT. But like I said I wouldn't shoot it for the mess anyway.

[paintsprayer]

i heard someone say you should oil the gun before you put it into the water. is this true or should you oil it afterward?

[Butterfingers]

Dosent matter if you oil before or after.

Just make sure your reg spring pack has an ample amount of grease on it to keep the water from rusting it.

I filled up a tub of water and fired half my tank dry NO problems whatsoever.

It makes a cool thumping bass sound if you have a fiberglass tub.

If you fill the tub to the top the weight of the water above should keep the splashing to a minimum.

[nutz]

haha i have never tryed firing my gun under water... maybe i should try this with my EMAG!!

lol :D

[Thordic]

I'm waiting here patiently for someone to electrocute themself trying to dunk an Emag...

[cphilip]

He he....

Not to mention fry the board.

[Thordic]

Its bound to happen :)

The board should actually be safe, isn't it coated in silicone? I'm pretty sure most e-marker boards have a waterproof layer sprayed on top of them. I remember reading about that somewhere. It may not hold up to submersion, though.

But the battery contacts would still hit water :)

[cphilip]

You know I don't realy know. I never noticed any but then again it would be thin and clear...

And the selenoid might be suseptable as well as the HES. Anyway I think incidental water would not be to bad but immersion sure would be. Did you see the thread on the guy who recieved one in the mail all soaked and wet? It was a gonner.

[pbR2k2]

I just pressurize my gun, stick it in the toilet and flush while shooting... It's fun to :D .... but then theres the mess to clean up :(

[drx975]

I wonder what would happen if you tried firing a paintball under water before it melted....someone try this, lol. Im gonna try shooting my gun underwater the next time to impress my spyder friends even further....lol....

[Havoc_online]

lol, I've thought about that forever, waterpfoofing my loading system, cover the p/f and cover the end of the barrel with a "balloon" and fire away, hmmm... Would you be able to fire so fast that you can keep on shooting before water gets into the barrel, or would the water on the first paintball break the first round and the rest of the rounds after that? I think #2, but it's fun to think about.:)

[AGD]

Only in a Mag forum would there be a long thread about shooting your gun under water!!

AGD

[virus]

Originally posted by AGD
Only in a Mag forum would there be a long thread about shooting your gun under water!!

AGD

:D well what did you expect..... we need something to talk about untill one of us can figure out a way to make a Zgrip work for an Emag.... and while we wait for the agd jerseys to come out also :D

[paint magnet]

I wouldn't think an Emag would shoot underwater, unless you had it on manual mode. Then, it should shoot just like any normal mag. (other than the trigger)