Putting my S&W 642 on ice.

[doberman]

Really.

It's been pretty hot here in the Twin cities for the week or so. I carry a 642 in the summer months but I leave it in my car while I'm at work.

Not that I couldn't CC there, my place of work has no restrictions on firearms. Well I don't think so, but my duties would pretty much give up any concealment and I don't want to find out the hard way.

Anyway, yesterday after work I got in the car and took the gun out of the lock box. I slipped it IWB and before I could pull my t-shirt over the thing was burning me!! The Houge rubber grips were smokin' hot!!!

So last night I took a bottle of water, poured some of it out and then into the freezer it went. This morning when I got to work I put the 642 in a small cooler with the frozen water bottle and locked it in the trunk.

I went to the bank over lunch and the gun was cool as could be and felt pretty good in this heat.

 

[Scoupe]

Innovative for sure, but rust is the first thing that comes to my mind with that scenario. Just wrapping the piece up in a white tshirt and kept out of the sun doesn't keep it cool enough to carry?

 

[Andrew Rothman]

Not that I couldn't CC there, my place of work has no restrictions on firearms. Well I don't think so, but my duties would pretty much give up any concealment and I don't want to find out the hard way.

Try SmartCarry. I've never been made.

A pocket holster might also do the trick.

 

[Nick1911]

For some reason I find this whole thread really funny.

Hope the gun is a stainless

 

[nomadboi]

Try one of those reusable instant cold pack things from the first aid aisle at your local drugstore.

 

[duckslayer]

the 642s are aluminum, aren't they? I would still use a dry ice pack instead of water though.

 

[Sam Adams]

"Pocket Carry" +1

It is what the thing was made for...and why I got mine last week. You won't be made, and you'll have your gun available (and near body temp) at all times.

 

[what42]

the 642s are aluminum, aren't they? I would still use a dry ice pack instead of water though.

The frame is an aluminum alloy. The barrel and the cyclinder are made of stainless steel and I imagine there are lots of little steel parts inside the gun.

 

[sssteinkamp]

If I were going to do that, I'd slip the gun into a ZipLoc bag first.

Shane

 

[Taurus 66]

Not to pick on you doberman, but why treat the gun like it's an animal with feelings? That's nuts! A gun is steel (well, most anyways ). As long as the owner keeps up on the general maintenance, lubrication, etc, the gun itself could endure 140 degree temps inside a vehicle and still function like it's suppose to. You should worry more about the ammunition and especially the primers. Ammo is something you can carry while at work, right?

 

[c_yeager]

As long as the owner keeps up on the general maintenance, lubrication, etc, the gun itself could endure 140 degree temps inside a vehicle and still function like it's suppose to.

The issue isnt that the gun will be damaged by the heat, but rather that the shooter's tender girlish skin will be harmed by contact with the blazing hot piece of steel.

My gun is capable of enduring a heck of a lot more abuse than i am, i for one would prefer not to have S&W's logo BRANDED into my hide.

 

[Taurus 66]

The issue isnt that the gun will be damaged by the heat, but rather that the shooter's tender girlish skin will be harmed by contact with the blazing hot piece of steel.

My gun is capable of enduring a heck of a lot more abuse than i am, i for one would prefer not to have S&W's logo BRANDED into my hide.

Ok then. Why didn't doberman say that in the first place??

Serious though. The solution is to sandwich the gun between thin flat sheets of armaflex during high temp storage. Now take 2 aspirins and call me in the morning.

 

[Ivy Mike]

I've always found that slipping the gun under the seat keeps it from searing me like a steak.

I think it might be kinda cool to give myself a temporary FN brand.

"So, Old Fuff, how much DO you love that 1911?"

 

[TheDutchman]

I still have Mustang II burnt into my skin from last week, that Stainless steel gets hot in the car from the Texas sun.