Sandbagger123 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Many shooter just shoot when the weather is good, and hang it up when it gets cold. There isa match this weekend with the temps in the 20's at shooting time. The last time i did one this cold I shot a Glock,and it functioned just fine. These days I have a 2011. So how well do these fair in the cold?? have you had issues with your gun in the cold? A Merry Christmas to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 As long as you are not using standard slide glide or some other grease on it you should be fine. We shoot an indoor weekly league and it is cold in the bay and every once in awhile somebody will try to run their greased gun. Fail. I would make sure it is clean and lightly lubed. Works on my Open gun just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blairmckenzie1 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 As long as you are not using standard slide glide or some other grease on it you should be fine. We shoot an indoor weekly league and it is cold in the bay and every once in awhile somebody will try to run their greased gun. Fail. I would make sure it is clean and lightly lubed. Works on my Open gun just fine. +1 NO GREASE IN THE WINTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yagi Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 As long as you are not using standard slide glide or some other grease on it you should be fine. We shoot an indoor weekly league and it is cold in the bay and every once in awhile somebody will try to run their greased gun. Fail. I would make sure it is clean and lightly lubed. Works on my Open gun just fine. +1 NO GREASE IN THE WINTER +10 !!! lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandbagger123 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 As long as you are not using standard slide glide or some other grease on it you should be fine. We shoot an indoor weekly league and it is cold in the bay and every once in awhile somebody will try to run their greased gun. Fail. I would make sure it is clean and lightly lubed. Works on my Open gun just fine. +1 NO GREASE IN THE WINTER +10 !!! lol... it not too hot in Vegas this week also!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitedog Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yup.....no grease. Of course them thar fancified comped dodickies do complicate things....go back to glock and it won't matter. Sorry. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo-Hombre Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Even the lightweight slide glide = malfunks at 20f 5 wt Mobil one is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLChris Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Even in Oregon we're about 25 degrees with snow dust on the ground for tomorrow's USPSA. I plan on using an air compressor to blow everything out and then dropping just a few drops of Mobil One 5W30. I'm shooting a Glock 35, though, and not steel like you're asking about. I think the only thing I'm worried about not working tomorrow is ME!!! Brrrrrrrrrrrr........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroe3 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 My gun runs fine in the cold. As other have said no grease, only oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cy Soto Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Gun run well but I don't. I stay indoors and reload during the Winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSteel Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 20's warm in Vermont come Jan / Feb... I use DuPont light oil with Teflon, very light, very slick.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmerritt Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Early spring, lite oil, then Tretra grease, Oct oil, Nov-Feb in safe, time for reloading. Gun runs good in cold, I don't!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I've been running my match AR, plus my Versa-Max shotgun and M&P9Pro in sub freezing weather several times in the last few weeks. They are lubed and prepared in the same manner that I run them in the summer. Had one malfunctions on the SG, FTE when a local cop was shooting it, but none for me, my 12 year old or the other officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntingPaper Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I shoot only polymer guns in winter. My 1911 and CZ get so cold that is painful to hold them and like others say no grease on winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basman Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Stick a hand warmer into the grip and your steel guns will be much more pleasant to shoot in the winter. Just remember to remove prior to mag insertion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitedog Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Someone told me about that hand warmer trick...actually works. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 No grease ever. Synthetic motor oil all the time. It's the only lubricant I have found that remains largely unaffected by extreme cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Primers get harder when it gets real cold so make sure you only use SPP's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Temperatures from 20 to 130 have no effect on the metals used in firearms and ammo. Drop below 20F, steels become more brittle and their fracture toughness is greatly reduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 As long as you are not using standard slide glide or some other grease on it you should be fine. We shoot an indoor weekly league and it is cold in the bay and every once in awhile somebody will try to run their greased gun. Fail. I would make sure it is clean and lightly lubed. Works on my Open gun just fine. Unless it's Crisco, which has a tendency to react better to the cold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Or " I can't believe it's not butter" that stuff never gets hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Or " I can't believe it's not butter" that stuff never gets hard! Sarge, they make a pill for that now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 So I've heard. This guy I know says they really work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Primers will also expose loose primer pockets when it gets really cold. They contract just enough in extreme temps to fall out of loose pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHLChris Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Shooting today in 20-25 degree weather with a bone-chilling breeze at our back all day. My Glock had no shooting malfunctions, but my mags kept having issues staying in. Guns all around us, though, had various and sundry malfunctions. Can't tell you how many live rounds around the course from people recharging after a FTF or in a tap-rack. The bigger malfunctions were mental. The cold made a lot of people, including me, just have stupid mental errors like forgetting mandatory reloads, reaching a new shooting location having forgotten to reload on the way, slowness in transitions, loading and clearing took a lot longer with exposed freezing hands. I kept getting fingers in the magwell during reloads (OUCH!!) because they were so cold I couldn't control them naturally. A lot more can go wrong in freezing temps besides the fire control mechanisms in a gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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