sloughfoot
Grandmaster
I guess if they were planning on leaving their guns outside to get "cold soaked" this would make sense, maybe if they plan on OCing outside all day? Security guards and LEOs?
All I am saying is its a good time to test your firearms. Especially those with lightened springs. None of us can guarantee that our firearms won't get cold soaked and we should all be confident that they will work under all conditions. I have nothing in to whether you do or don't.
A personal experience. A couple days ago I was at my daughters and she OC'S a Model 10 .38 Special revolver while working out in the barn taking care of her horses. On a whim, I said, hand me your gun. I went out back and cranked off 6 rounds into a berm. 2 of the 6 were so low powered that we could see the bullets travel to the berm. I replaced the lightened hammer spring with the factory one and put several cylinders through it with full power velocities. Was it lube congealing or light hammer strikes.... I don't know. But we got reliable ignition with the stock hammer spring at 10 degrees OAT.
If you think your gun will never get exposed to the cold, then none of this applies to you. My daughter won't be lightening up her springs in the future.
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