Posted on 07/23/2014 3:44:10 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Anyone lose their AR-15 during an unfortunate “boating accident” recently? No really, did anyone lose an AR? Someone on Reddit posted about an AR-15 that was found while fishing at Red Hill Dam in Pennsylvania. It’s a pretty nice AR too, from another Redditor’s post in the thread: The rifle itself is a base-model E-series (thanks sh3llsh0ck!) Ruger SR-556. Considering the handguard, upper receiver, and lower receiver are all comprised of aluminum, it’s no surprise that it looks so clean. The rust evident on the barrel and gas block is significant enough to suggest that the rifle is probably ruined permanently (without replacing most of the components other than the receivers). It’s hard to say exactly how long it’s been submerged, but I’d put money on a period of a few weeks to a month or two, at the most. - See more at:
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I’m tellin’ ya...
You all laughed when I said it happened. Hah!
I bet this happening all over NY and Connecticut.
*facepalm*
I can’t believe someone actually did that in real life.
Looks like some pricey optics on it.
Wow! Weren’t there a bunch of tactical rifles stolen last year from a SWAT van or from the trunk of a few police cars?
I would take the optics off, first. Some cost as much as the rifle.
I would have dived in after that thing if I had dropped it overboard.
Was it loaded?
How many rounds left?
I’m betting it was stolen.
Wow! That really happens ping.
The barrel is chrome lined so a little surface rust is no big thing.
A good cleaning and lubrication and it should work just fine.
Buy a new upper receiver. Not even an ATF part. Clean up the lower and you’re good to go.
I have a Russian SKS. I picked up some very nice Czech 7.62x39 [brass case] imported by Steyr. I took it out and shot it, cleaned it completely, and put it in the rifle rack. About three weeks later I went to the rifle rack and tried to open the action. The bolt was stuck. I put the butt on the floor and gave the bolt handle a smack with my heel and the bolt opened and locked back. When I looked in, there was all kinds of green corrosion growing in it.
I had discovered that the Czech ammo was military spec and used corrosive primers. Fortunately the SKS and AK rifles have their critical points chromed plated for this exact reason. I went back to the old ritual of cleaning out corrosive primer residue: clean and lightly oil the rifle the day you shoot it and repeat for three days thereafter. The SKS was unharmed. I traded off the Steyr ammo shortly after. If I'd fired this ammo in a Ruger Mini-30 Ranch Rifle, I'd have seriously damaged it from that corrosive ammunition!
Note to self: All foreign ammunition before 1989 should be considered corrosive until proved different.
“The person who found it posted that he took it to the local PD and it had been reported stolen.”
From the commentary section under the article.
Hopefully, the rightful owner got it back.
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