If the water was poured out, any semi could handle that. The point where it might fail would be when it started rusting just like any semi. Or freezing up in the gun. You drop your shotgun where I hunt in MD, you better run back to the truck to do a field cleaning and oiling and then do it again. That salt water will setup rust in minuties. If the SBE can survive Assateague Island and be dropped in the water and still hunt all day, I wouldn't buy anything else.