Which weapon type is affected least by the cold?

[AFJailor]

Well, its snowing pretty heavily here and its not supposed to stop anytime soon. Its also -21 with the wind chill (its been -40 to -50 all week) and my body heat after getting out of the nice hot car is causing the snow on my clothes to melt...then immediately re-freeze. Now, I dont/cant carry on base so I am not worried about getting my gun all mucked up but its got me wondering...


What type of gun do you supposed would hold up best in these conditions?

[alibatesknapper]

IMHO any quality firearm should be as good as the next. I have had a firearm freeze up on me in a blizzard. If I am going out in cold wet weather I try to take a dry firearm (no oil), maybe a silicone spray and let it dry good. Like I said that is just my opinion.

[ELB]

Dang, is Minot still open? One of my ROTC instructors said his worst day at Minot was when he slammed the hood on his corvette and a corner broke off because the fiberglass was so brittle from the cold.

Not a lot of cold WX experience myself, I stayed out of SAC and its descendents, but I would guess the key would be keeping water (either snow or body perspiration) out of the gun where it could freeze up, avoiding heavy greases that could turn to sludge, and having a gun with not-overly-tight tolerances. AK-47 oughta work well.

elb

[Texasdoc]

A buddy of mine works in banger, Maine he carries a gov.mod.1911 with little to no oil/grease and you know how cold it gets there. he is trying out some new grease that's for the cold and when he gets it I will let you know how well it works.

Doc

[AFJailor]

Well, we use LAW grease on our heavy guns when we fire and it works well, but man does it stink.

I talked to a buddy of mine who carries a .44 outside his jacket while hunting(I think thats the law, no CCW while hunting) and he said his hammer was frozen down. I'm not sure I believe his story as he is a compulsive liar, but I guess I could see it happening.

[jimlongley]

In the cold of Korea, 1911s held up well.

[ghostrider]

I used to shoot a hi-power in IPSC matches in Canada & I had no reliability
issues. I used Rem-oil for lube. Many people with no lube at all in the winter.

[rangerpat]

I carries a 1911 when I was stationed at Elmendorf , AK. Also, when I would go out on hunting trips up there I would use lithium grease on my rifle and I never had problems. I had heard about guys having their rifles seize on them, but I never saw it. Have fun at Minot, I have a few buddies up there I'm deploying with next week.

[AFJailor]

UAE?

[lawrnk]

If the end of the world happened, and I could grab one gun when I left my home, it would be an AK-47