Riomouse911
Member
I’ve been lucky, I’ve never had a frozen gun issue.
My buddy Hector’s wife is from Sioux Falls, SD. Several years ago he was invited to go hunting with his in-laws on their lease. (They were all still hunting in individual stands,)
It was one of those polar vortex type days, in the stand he said it was well below zero and nothing was moving. After several hours in the freezing cold they called it and everyone met at the truck.
Hector said he was using a borrowed .30/06 rifle with a blind magazine, by description it sounded like he was using a Remington 700 ADL. Hector said he went to open the bolt to unload the gun and the bolt was frozen closed. It was so locked up he said they had to bring it home and put it by the heater for a while to loosen the oils that froze in the action.
Stay safe.
My buddy Hector’s wife is from Sioux Falls, SD. Several years ago he was invited to go hunting with his in-laws on their lease. (They were all still hunting in individual stands,)
It was one of those polar vortex type days, in the stand he said it was well below zero and nothing was moving. After several hours in the freezing cold they called it and everyone met at the truck.
Hector said he was using a borrowed .30/06 rifle with a blind magazine, by description it sounded like he was using a Remington 700 ADL. Hector said he went to open the bolt to unload the gun and the bolt was frozen closed. It was so locked up he said they had to bring it home and put it by the heater for a while to loosen the oils that froze in the action.
Stay safe.
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