Diving for treasure

[jim/boston]

Some of you may remember booty from a previous dive trip

hunting for lobsters and other goodies

Its an SP1 with collapsible stock..badly corroded but the bolt was still usable after cleaning.

I found the best lobsters are in an area marked 'dump' on the charts

 

[LT1MCSS]

That's pretty cool

 

[Mike-Mike]

Send it to colt for a repair.

 

[jim/boston]

Send it to colt for a repair.

I think I'll demand it be fixed under warranty..I'll settle for a replacement pre-ban receiver

 

[atilla]

woo! free bolt and firing pin!

 

[securityboy]

Some of you may remember booty from a previous dive trip

hunting for lobsters and other goodies

Its an SP1 with collapsible stock..badly corroded but the bolt was still usable after cleaning.

I found the best lobsters are in an area marked 'dump' on the charts

stop telling stories Jim...we all know those are just SARCO "hand picked" parts kits...

 

[jim/boston]

woo! free bolt and firing pin!

no way..I'm going to sell it as a 'select' grade parts kit

ha ha securityboy beat me by 1 minute

 

[55_grain]

That's cool!

Where's the upper?

 

[Billsail]

I'm assuming that these were firearms slated to be destroyed, then broken up and put on a barge for disposal...no?

 

[jim/boston]

That's cool!

Where's the upper?

fell apart in my hands when I picked it off the ocean floor

 

[pj150]

How long do you think they were down there? Seems like saltwater does a number on aluminum rather quickly. The other treated steel parts seem to be pretty corrosion resistant.

 

[blindndead]

You would never find a Glock at the bottom of the ocean because they rule!!

(Sorry but I couldn't resist)

 

[Friday]

You would never find a Glock at the bottom of the ocean because they [STRIKE]rule[/STRIKE] Float!!

(Sorry but I couldn't resist)

Fixed it for ya...

 

[blindndead]

Fixed it for ya...

LOL!
Works for me.

 

[CRSIII]

Glock disposal created Mariana's trench!

 

[snwbrdr435]

How deep?

 

[pernox]

Wow.

...So somebody really DID lose their guns in a boating accident!

 

[Sweeney]

How long do you think they were down there? Seems like saltwater does a number on aluminum rather quickly. The other treated steel parts seem to be pretty corrosion resistant.

The aluminum provided galvanic corrosion protection to the ferric metals... preferentially corroding away.

 

[Billsail]

How long do you think they were down there? Seems like saltwater does a number on aluminum rather quickly. The other treated steel parts seem to be pretty corrosion resistant.

My guess is, not that long. Maybe 10 years or maybe 20? The steel won't last much longer, unless it was covered with mud, which was probably the case.

 

[boomerang]

I found the best lobsters are in an area marked 'dump' on the charts

That's because they're already buttered.

 

[KMaurer]

I think I'll demand it be fixed under warranty..I'll settle for a replacement pre-ban receiver

I recall reading a letter to the editor in one of the gun magazines years ago about something similar. Some guy found a Remington 700 in the mud at the bottom of a stream. It was in the middle of a ford that jeeps and trucks used frequently, and had been run over numerous times. He washed it off and sent it in to Remington; they fixed everything like new. (The Leupold scope on it was still in perfect working condition.)

Ken

 

[Colt Delta Elite]

Cool pics what a waste to destory them and dump them in the ocean, you would think that the dotgov was made of money throwing potential revenue away like that lol

 

[AntiHippie]

Sooo...got a Lat and Long?

 

[Fixxah]

Remsport?[laughing]

 

[dhuze]

These must be from the police "buy back" program. Just think of all the children and kittens they saved.

 

[ALby320]

Sooo...got a Lat and Long?

wondering the same