However, this can potentially bend the gun’s action bars, so if it’s not an emergency situation, unscrew the magazine cap, hold the gun by the grip, and pull the barrel off to dislodge the shell that remains behind in the grip of the extractor. You can probably get this gun clean and dry enough to keep hunting, but it’ll need a thorough cleaning when you get home. When you drop a gun overboard or into the marsh muck, take the gun apart to the point where you don’t risk losing small pieces.