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From: gordonh@milton.u.washington.edu (Gordon Hayes)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: guns advertized as "functioning reliably underwater"?
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Date: 29 May 91 13:13:56 GMT
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decwrl!well.sf.ca.us!well!tmi@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Kasler) writes:

#Glock makes underwater spring cups especially for underwater firing, but
#they are available only to special military units, and even then a waiver
#must be signed concerning their use.

Am I understanding this correctly?  You can fire a handgun underwater
and it will work?  Is it effective to kill with in this situation,
or is this in reference to say a SEAL team leaving the water and
effectively firing it at attackers?