Talk:Stasis Rifle/@comment-216.66.108.214-20160603181546/@comment-75.97.16.91-20170212110415

"Conventional weapons that use gunpowder-based ammo like we used today, are not very effective underwater."

Yes they are. Tho unless designed or refitted for it they tend to not be very reliable. Even with standard ammo you can easily get 5-10+ foot or so range out most firearms underwater (a lot less if you fire "into water from above the surface tho). Even a Glock 17 or Mark 23 pistol will blow a hole in a 1/2 inch pinewood board underawter at around 10 foot. Many Special Warefare groups specificaly use them to dispatch sharks regularly.  Get some supercavitating ammo as well and it will let you accuratly shoot out to 15 meters with a 5.56x45mm and 25 meters or so with a 7.62x51mm. You also have numerous firearms designed purposly for underwater use like the P11 pistol which is accurate out to 15 meters underwater.  For reference a handheld speargun general only has an effective range of 2-4 meters.