Most of the way to a Kaboom, underwater BRS-99. Gun did great, barrel however…

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Most of the way to a Kaboom, underwater BRS-99. Gun did great, barrel however…

Reviewing the BRS-99 and this is part 1, fired it fairly extensively underwater, I knew I was asking for trouble and it didn't disappoint. General familiarization shooting in the beginning, these are great little guns. More accurate than expected, and so damn simple as is any blowback, and feels like a 10/22 on steroids when shooting, with excellent ergonomics such as the left side charging handle and thumb bolt release. Safety is the only less than excellent point ergonomically. More to be said when I do the written review.

 
Not sure why you'd even bother doing such a test but hey its your money ;)

Maybe turn down the music when you're speaking in the video, the volumes were competing. :50cal:
 
Thanks, only cost about $299.00 to make. I anticipated it costing a lot more and ending up with one BRS-99 mostly for spare parts, so I consider that a small victory. With the factory spec 7" barrel, I wouldn't have a moment's doubt in the gun underwater, but forcing those bullets down an 18.5" tube full of water, this was a real risk. Music unfortunately is a done deal, never comes out the same volume in the editing program as youtube, much louder once I uploaded it unfortunately, soft background when editing.

To the inevitable "Do you know what's behind your target?" coming, I am beyond remote, there is not another human being within 30kms, and not more than twenty people within a hundred km radius. The backyard is extremely big, and remote. Recovered the bullets and brass except two from the sandy lake bottom as well, important we be good natural citizens.
 
Amen to that ;) lol

At least you (apparently) have access to crown or private land for shooting. Im stuck in the city. Keep makin the vids!
 
Clobbersauras said:
Well, that was interesting in a "let's watch a guy ruin a $2k gun for no reason" kinda way.
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No different than when Steve Janes ruined his Swiss Arms doing the same thing, except that was a $3500 rifle.

I don't see the point in doing this to your firearms either and would never do it to my own rifles but if someone wants to ruin a firearm and can afford the parts to repair it then at least he was courteous enough to take video and share with us.
Shooting any firearm full of water will ruin it to some degree, I don't care what gun it is and if the manufacturer claims it will function safely. Function safely doesn't mean it won't do permanent damage, only that it will function without catastrophic damage.
Regardless of the length of barrel and design of the firearm you can't escape the fact that the water can't get out of the way of the bullet and some of the water will be forced to go around the bullet which will bulge the barrel due to the hydraulic forces created.

To anyone out there that thinks it's cool to do this type of thing just be sure you don't ever try this with a direct impingement AR. Your rifle will suffer catastrophic failure. There are youtube videos of others doing it so watch those and learn from their mistakes.
Be careful and make sure your rifle is actually tested by the manufacturer to safely function full of water before doing this. If you decide to do it then don't be surprised when you need to replace your barrel and whatever else gets ruined.
Then above all else take video and post it up for us to watch :)

Thanks Ardent, with or without the water would have been entertaining to watch.
 
Notta a problem, and good summary there. I spend $300 some range days on ammunition, $300 for a barrel and the opportunity to try and share this is very much worth it. A lot more fun, different, and interesting than rolling cans for hours. Good to mention DI ARs lest somebody get an idea.
 
Dam, next time I'm hunting tiger sharks around Bazaruto with a semi auto - I know what not to do!

Why the hell would anyone care if a gun can shoot underwater? Try doing something a little more practicle next time.
 
Kudu said:
Dam, next time I'm hunting tiger sharks around Bazaruto with a semi auto - I know what not to do!

Why the hell would anyone care if a gun can shoot underwater? Try doing something a little more practicle next time.
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Why would anyone want to shoot paper on a range day after day?

I'll be hunting Kudu again in six months, as it seems you likely have. There will be a video of that too you might want to skip. ;)
 
Thanks starpuss.

Now, to summarize, I see it as this, and follows is my motivation for any if the rough tests I enjoy doing, such as the -31 frozen and iced Tavor video as well. For those in urban and city areas, guns are likely a hobby, and toy that gets packed in a foam lined case, wiped with oil, cleaned after use, and stowed in the safe with the faint second responsibility of defence in a scenario where legal. For those of us living and working in the remote areas of the country, where help hours away and comes by helicopter to be any faster, compact non-restricted guns are a work tool that get used and treated like any other tool on my bag. I had to destroy a problem bear just last year here (reported to CO's), at a few yards range. Compact light guns like this are less than ideal, but far better than the 9lb shotgun left in the helicopter. Putting those tools through tests far more severe than even the harshest demands in the backcountry will require is interesting to me, and provides meaningful information- to me. To a guy in the suburbs? Nothing more than a passing curiosity, and they're not likely to get it. Can't blame them either. I have two BRS-99s and no qualms about keeping a blown up one as spares, not everybody can stomach that, to me these guns are cheap and handy work carbines.

Moral? Opinions either way are welcomed, and correct from each given person's scenario. In the end, just hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers folks. :)
 
cr5 said:
No different than when Steve Janes ruined his Swiss Arms doing the same thing, except that was a $3500 rifle...
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Ruined his $3500 Swiss Arms rifle? That's a tad dramatic don't you think? All Steve was risking was an already shot-out barrel that needed replacing anyway.

Ardent said:
... In the end, just hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers folks. :)
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Mission accomplished, thanks for the entertainment!
 
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Water does not compress, so water in the barrel will not be pushed out of the way of the moving bullet fast enough therefore it will be between the moving bullet and the barrel, either the bullet or the barrel will give, given the extremely high energy of the moving bullet only the barrel remains, therefore barrel will bulge-deform.
 
Indeed, the first thing to give is the bullet given it is far softer and more malleable than the steel of the barrel surrounding it, every one had water compression rings / dents, and had shrunk in diameter- some substantially. When one bullet failed to exit the extremely long barrel, the traffic jamb occurred, prior to that I mic'd the barrel after the first three shots submerged and there was zero change in diameter, so I continued... :) Interestingly, the two bullets never made physical contact with one and other, the water separating them naturally prevented it.

The chamber and first 10" of the barrel still mic perfectly and I'll slug it to see if the highest pressure region, the throat, was altered at all.
 
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