Cold weather causing light primer strikes?

[whatever]

I kept a couple of handguns and some ammo in my trunk today so i could shoot this afternoon. The temps hovered around freezing all day. The pistols were put in the trunk this AM and the ammo has been in a box in the trunk for several days.

Both my Glock 27 and my Shield were having a LOT of light primer strikes when I shot them today. Could the temperature be affecting the ammo or the guns and causing the light strikes?

 

[rcmodel]

Not the ammo.

But too much of the wrong kind of oil in the striker tunnels can thicken in cold and slow them way down.

Better do a complete slide strip-down and put the strikers back in dry.
They should not be oiled.

rc

 

[whatever]

Thanks for the tip... I did just clean and oil them last night (with clp). Should I switch to grease for the colder months?

 

[rcmodel]

NO.

Do Not oil or grease the strikers inside the slides, period.

It doesnt matter what you use on the rest of the gun.

rc

 

[whatever]

I never purposely lube the strikers...but I have been known to use a bit too much lube. If I clean the guns again and use grease wouldn't it be less likely to 'migrate' if I happen to use a little too much?

 

[rcmodel]

Then Don't use too much.

Use one tiny drop of oil on each of the frame rail tabs, one small drop of oil on the trigger bar, and one small drop on the barrel locking cam.

Then wipe a thin film of oil on everything else if you want, then wipe it all off you can get off.

Heres instructions for a Glock.

http://us.glock.com/documents/gun_maintenance.pdf

Your Shield should be treated the same.

rc

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Wondering if you got "shrinkage"?

Has it been in the water?

Could certainly be thickened lube.

Todd.

 

[wally]

Better cold weather performance is supposedly why the Russians stayed with corrosive primers for so long. But I'm with rc, temps "around freezing" likely means you've got oil in the striker channel of your pistols.

 

[whatever]

Everything has been fully cleaned and (hopefully) properly lubricated. I'll test it out this weekend.