Any full time or partial boat sailers, deep sea type folks. Gun question

[ssgrock3]

Glocks are good, but what long arm options with constant moisture and salt water air. Marine shotty would be a joke for a deep sea gig. My son does this, he was think like a 5.7 ps90 or whatever, that’s a lot of Jack, but the bull pup design is good. Caliber is good though I have a 5.7 and I still have doubts. Capacity is good and good ballistics but still no mass to the bullet.

What do you sailers think? Anything works but low maintenance is his question. He docks out of Surfside so it’s wet all the time here. Foggy as fuk this evening for example

 

[rc508pir]

Just slap the CLP on thick

 

[ssgrock3]

Reading says the shotty may be the way to go, customs look less hard at a defense weapon that an offensive type. Best option is avoid sailing by the gulf of amen, Yemen, Somalia and the random messed up poor fisherman looking for a mark. Flares, lots of flares, and the shotgun worse case.

 

[El Pablo]

Reading says the shotty may be the way to go, customs look less hard at a defense weapon that an offensive type. Best option is avoid sailing by the gulf of amen, Yemen, Somalia and the random messed up poor fisherman looking for a mark. Flares, lots of flares, and the shotgun worse case.

I believe Gulf of Guinea is worse than the gulf of Aden now.

 

[swampratt]

Some reading on saltwater arms

https://www.benelliusa.com/shotguns/best-series.https://gundigest.com/rifles/ar-15/saltwater-arms-ar-pistol-now-availablehttps://www.military.com/kitup/2017/01/saltwater-proof-rifle-designed-seals-coasties-mind.html

 

[turkeyrun]

Pedestal mounted, belt fed .50 would be best.

 

[CanadianRiverRat]

Pedestal mounted, belt fed .50 would be best.

Nope, CIWS got that beat!

 

[ssgrock3]

customs transfers in and out of port might call that an offensive weapon vs the need for a defensive weapon

 

[Firpo]

I cannot answer your question specifically but I can give you something to consider. Certainly you’d want a stainless rifle and I’d research exactly what chemical composition is being used. Not all stainless is created equal. For instance 304 stainless steel contains 18% chromium and 8% nickel. In contrast, 316 stainless steel contains 16% chromium, 10% nickel, and 2% molybdenum making it “more” corrosion resistive.

 

[Seadog]

Glocks are good, but what long arm options with constant moisture and salt water air. Marine shotty would be a joke for a deep sea gig. My son does this, he was think like a 5.7 ps90 or whatever, that’s a lot of Jack, but the bull pup design is good. Caliber is good though I have a 5.7 and I still have doubts. Capacity is good and good ballistics but still no mass to the bullet.

What do you sailers think? Anything works but low maintenance is his question. He docks out of Surfside so it’s wet all the time here. Foggy as fuk this evening for example

Mossberg makes a maritime shotgun called the mariner.