Tikka T3x Arctic (C19)... Cartridge.

[chicharrones]

Each to their own but im not leaving my rifle outside in the freeze.
What if the trigger froze up or the action froze shut. Take your warm ammo and shove them into a froze up rifle then try to shoot them down a frosty barrel?
Comonman... Y'all really do that?

I figure the rifle would be outside at prevailing ambient tempertures, but covered. Not outside and uncovered with ice and snow all over it.

 

[JFrank]

I figure the rifle would be outside at prevailing ambient tempertures, but covered. Not outside and uncovered with ice and snow all over it.

Well please report back after you spend a couple nights out in sub zero temps, ill have my rifle next to my bedroll.

 

[chicharrones]

Well please report back after you spend a couple nights out in sub zero temps, ill have my rifle next to my bedroll.

Not gonna happen. That's why I posted the question, otherwise I'd already know the answer.

 

[Gtscotty]

Instant condensation that instantly turns to ice, I'm a guessin'?

But, I've only experienced a cool gun going into a warm environment. Which can make a gun develop condensation like a glass of iced tea on a warm day.

Yep, condensation that could form in the small nooks and crannies and refreeze when you head back out. Sometimes it's best to just leave the rifle at ambient and skip the thermal cycle and chance of condensation.

 

[BreechFace]

Makes perfect sense to leave a firearm outside when hunting in cold temperatures. The minute you bring a cold firearm into a warm location condensation will occur and then when you take it outside again that condensation will freeze on the inner workings of the firearms.

Now an equal if not more important piece of information is to use the right lube. If one is to be hunting or whatever with a firearm in very cold temperatures then one wild want to completely strip the firearm down, clean and dry thoroughly and use a dry graphite or an appropriate cold rated lube (rated for the temperatures one will be in) minimally.

 

[Gtscotty]

Well please report back after you spend a couple nights out in sub zero temps, ill have my rifle next to my bedroll.

Been there done that, it's not a problem. You obviously don't leave it laying on the ground in the snow or whatever, it's covered just at ambient temps. What do you think is going to happen to it in sub zero temps at night that won't happen in sub zero temps during the day when you're carrying it around?

 

[JFrank]

Hey ill yield to you Article fellas, if you say it's a thing that's great but im probably keeping mine close by. During the day I'm wearing gloves and cradling my rifle or carrying with my hand close to the action.
I don't hunt at 40 below zero either, 10 below is freaking cold enough.
J

 

[Garandimal]

The thought of this rifle - was more for the wet and cold South, than the blue Northern climes.




GR

 

[chicharrones]

The thought of this rifle - was more for the wet and cold South, than the blue Northern climes.




GR

From what I hear, laminated wood stocks work fine near the Gulf Coast for bludgeoning gators.

 

[Bittereinder]

In case any of you are interested, here's an interview with a guy formerly with a small Danish patrol unit. Like the Canadian Rangers, they patrol the far north, but in this case it's the coast of Greenland and they're on their own for months at a time in teams of just two guys and a dog sled team. They carry M1917s (in .30-06), which they run dry, no oil. They also carry Glock 20s.

I highly recommend the Team House channel/podcast. They do really good interviews every Friday with people from special operations, intelligence agencies, SWAT teams, etc.

Danish Sirius Patrol with Kasper Damsø, Ep. 79 - YouTube

 

[Garandimal]

From what I hear, laminated wood stocks work fine near the Gulf Coast for bludgeoning gators.

It can be in the 70's° and humid, and then rain, and then be at or below freezing.

... and then you slip in the mud or fall out of the boat.




GR

 

[chicharrones]

It can be in the 70's° and humid, and then rain, and then be at or below freezing.

... and then you slip in the mud or fall out of the boat.

Pirogue or canoe?

I used to paddle my ol' canoe in east Texas coastal waters and areas just inland. I came across more than a few gators back in those days while paddling that thing. The only gun on me was likely my old Beretta Bobcat. I sure wished I had something bigger and I sure wished I was in something with a motor when Mr. Gator would slide off the shoreline.

Back to the C19/Arctic, I don't have a problem with a laminate rifle stock. I have three guns with laminate stocks. It doesn't add that much weight over a regular wood stock, but I do recognize that a laminate stock adds quite a bit of weight compared to a hollow polymer stock.

 

[Garandimal]

Pirogue or canoe? ...

Duracraft bateau.




GR