marmitemania Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Has anyone ever dropped their shotgun in water? Shooting a few Woodies at the weekend and I happened to have a very poor shot and hit one just on the wing, in my keeness to get out of the hide which is partially in a ditch I knocked the gun, cartridge bag and slip on too a pallet I stand on just below the surface of the water, after my long winded explenation what I want to know is will any harm be caused, I picked it up straight away and the opening lever and top of the action inc saftey were wet I dried it of quickly and after an hour or so I went home, the saftey was stiff for a while afterwards but otherthan general damp about the action the gun still woeked as should, luckily I have accsess to a high pressure air line and blower so i blew out all the action and squirted WD40 around the saftey and trigger hole and blew this through until completly dry, I then gave the gun a very good clean and oil and everything is back too its usual slick self, will it be OK or should I be worried? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtaylor Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Has anyone ever dropped their shotgun in water? Shooting a few Woodies at the weekend and I happened to have a very poor shot and hit one just on the wing, in my keeness to get out of the hide which is partially in a ditch I knocked the gun, cartridge bag and slip on too a pallet I stand on just below the surface of the water, after my long winded explenation what I want to know is will any harm be caused, I picked it up straight away and the opening lever and top of the action inc saftey were wet I dried it of quickly and after an hour or so I went home, the saftey was stiff for a while afterwards but otherthan general damp about the action the gun still woeked as should, luckily I have accsess to a high pressure air line and blower so i blew out all the action and squirted WD40 around the saftey and trigger hole and blew this through until completly dry, I then gave the gun a very good clean and oil and everything is back too its usual slick self, will it be OK or should I be worried? Its just a lump of metal and wood (no offence intended). As long as its clean and dry it should be fine. If it were me I would strip the wood off and clean and oil the action (they are usually pretty straight forward to strip down). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmitemania Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Its my pride and joy though despite being a 1985 Rizzini its very clean and I suppose I am just paniking, incidentally the wood was totally unaffected. I did oil the action so I will hede you and stop worrying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COACH Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 You really need to take the stock off and the side plates and blow the action out with air and something like Napier oil. Also take the metal work off the forend and do the same. The extractors need to come out as well cleaned. You have to watch the old Rizzers as they are prone to rust if not cleaned well after a wet shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 My Extrema has spent a night and a tide in the sea, it was picked up the following day at low tide and completely stripped, washed, oiled and reassembled. It has not missed a beat since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spara Dritto Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 My Extrema has spent a night and a tide in the sea, it was picked up the following day at low tide and completely stripped, washed, oiled and reassembled. It has not missed a beat since. Thats beretta for you, outstanding quality! Id never buy any other make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 watch that WD40 it eats silver solder! seriously i have had rifles out on the hill and woodland in conditions that were litrally like being under the shower at home and as for my Wildfowling gun-well! wood guns aint good with wet but i shouldn't fret but keep away from that WD40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer-of-the-Futre Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Never got my gun soaked but everytime after i take it out even if its just mizzling rain i brake it and put it on the stove (on an aga style cooker) so the heat from the cooker soon dries it off. ive heard of people leaning guns against a radiator but if you have children or dogs in the house you have to be carefull not to knock it over! another thing you could do is put one of those siliga gell bags in the cabinet to reduce moisture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 ive heard of people leaning guns against a radiator but if you have children or dogs in the house you have to be carefull not to knock it over! another thing you could do is put one of those siliga gell bags in the cabinet to reduce moisture Also careful not to be in breach of the law! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) Oops Dupe... Edited March 8, 2011 by HDAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 ive droped my semi-outo out of the boat once and fell over in ponds too many times, just dry it as best you can oil well and let the house heat do the rest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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