Winter/Cold Weather truck guns.

[JR24]

I'm debating that as well. It regularly gets down to -20 F for a couple months up here (although we are freakishly warm right now, which is terribly annoying) and I'm considering my Ruger SR40c. Just gotta let it sit out some day and see if it still runs that evening.

I have noticed that while shooting in that kind of temp I've had known reliable guns choke on decent ammo. Both times it seemed like the rounds didn't seem to recoil hard enough to work the slide correctly. Perhaps the powder got cold, or perhaps the slide stuck I'm not sure. Just a couple rounds out of a few hundred, once on 2 trips. Both times the weather was at least -15 F not counting wind.

 

[stressed]

Was over -50 with windchill yesterday.

Function was well. Have some other weapons outdoors now to test later.

rem oil was applied, then wiped off. You can see what was left still froze.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Too cold for me. It's 3 degrees here and that's too cold.

Wind chill's about -20 or so.

 

[owlhoot]

I don't worry about the gun not functioning, but I do worry about the ammo. I don't know what causes the problems but my ammo seems to be considerably weaker if left out in the cold (unheated garage) and fired in the cold. Semi-autos will not reliably cycle.

Does anyone else have this problem or is it just my handloads?

 

[Akita1]

Cold = work. Among the above, the only other solution (of which I am aware).

 

[ahpd1992]

Mg truck gun is a .357 mag revolver. Maybe I am not correct, but I figure it will function in almost any environment.

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

About 10 years ago---I drove around with Remington Viper in the trunk for about 3 years

It was never cared for--just loaded up and shot

It wasn't in a case and it never rusted---just free to roll around in the truck---kept the mags loaded but not inserted in the gun

And gosh darn it that stupid crap gun would work every time--even after 3 years in the trunk---I hated that gun and treated as such

Finally I cleaned it up and traded it for something more desirable