Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Cold
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="davewilson" data-source="post: 233503" data-attributes="member: 4491"><p>i have some experience in cold weather, down to 40-45 below. what i've seen with quite a few guns is a change in POI. it's not the ammo, but the gun. my brother had a custom that would change 6" when the temps got down to around zero.yes that's at 100 yds. the culpert is usually the stock. like that vangard you're talking about. you have a floated barrel till it gets chilly and that stock will come up and push on the barrel much harder than you could imagine. this is why some stocks cost $79 and good ones are at least 300. someone suggested putting the ammo in the freezer and i agrre with that. i recommended to all the hunters coming to Saskatchewan to also put the gun in there and shoot them when they were cold. this will tell you 2 things. #1 if the POI will change and #2 if the gun will make the ammo go off. i've heard my fair share of clicks when the temps were around zero. just because your gun is dry doesn't guarantee it'll go off when it's -20. have you ever had the bolt taken completely apart and cleaned? that's where the problem will come from. most guns come from the factory with enough greese to lubricate a wagon wheel. i'm with everyone else. the only way to know for sure is to get em cool, and shoot em over a chrono or at some distance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davewilson, post: 233503, member: 4491"] i have some experience in cold weather, down to 40-45 below. what i've seen with quite a few guns is a change in POI. it's not the ammo, but the gun. my brother had a custom that would change 6" when the temps got down to around zero.yes that's at 100 yds. the culpert is usually the stock. like that vangard you're talking about. you have a floated barrel till it gets chilly and that stock will come up and push on the barrel much harder than you could imagine. this is why some stocks cost $79 and good ones are at least 300. someone suggested putting the ammo in the freezer and i agrre with that. i recommended to all the hunters coming to Saskatchewan to also put the gun in there and shoot them when they were cold. this will tell you 2 things. #1 if the POI will change and #2 if the gun will make the ammo go off. i've heard my fair share of clicks when the temps were around zero. just because your gun is dry doesn't guarantee it'll go off when it's -20. have you ever had the bolt taken completely apart and cleaned? that's where the problem will come from. most guns come from the factory with enough greese to lubricate a wagon wheel. i'm with everyone else. the only way to know for sure is to get em cool, and shoot em over a chrono or at some distance. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Cold
Top