Ben Fuller Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 After the incident off Newburyport, I got curious about ways of handling 12 gauge pistols and shells. I now have my pistol connected to the magazine with a length of cord onto which I have a clip. Clip is connected to the pfd. But what I wanted to know was whether this all could live without being in a ziplock. It all could be bundled in a ziplock but both magazine and pistol can punch holes in it and loose shells can get dropped as we found out. And you can't clip on with the clip inside a ziplock.So I queried Orion as I had not seen specs on immersion for 12 gauge flares.Herewith answer. "Thank you for your email ! Our flares have to undergo a 24 hour submersion test to pass Coast Guard regulations - so getting them wet should not be a problem."Has anyone had experience with this? The pistol flares work so much better than pencils that if your pockets are big enough it may be the way to go. Rinse and dry fire the pistol from time to time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHuth Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 I had to "expend unused ordnance" on the 4th of July and gave a couple of Orion's the dunk test (i.e. jumped into the ocean with them, got them wet and fired them off). They passed. My wife was a bit irritated with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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