Is it ever too hot to leave gun in car?

[a.bentonab]

I am forced pretty often to visit so called "gun free zones." To these, I like to cc and leave it in the car. my question, with summer coming up, is if it is ever too hot to safely leave a loaded pistol in the car? Anyone have any stories? I have no idea of the temperature ranges that would cause a nd or render my ammunition useless.

 

[MontereyC6]

I am forced pretty often to visit so called "gun free zones." To these, I like to cc and leave it in the car. my question, with summer coming up, is if it is ever too hot to safely leave a loaded pistol in the car? Anyone have any stories? I have no idea of the temperature ranges that would cause a nd or render my ammunition useless.

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Mythbusters did a show a while back where they took different rounds from different guns and placed them in an oven to see if they could get them to "cook off". If I remember correctly, they didn't cook off either sitting in the oven by themselves or in a gun until the oven temp had reached just over 400 dgrs.

Edit.... Check out the link to the video on YouTube. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BX1kvJVrjc[/ame]

 

[Lucas156]

I saw that episode! I was thinking "no way they will go off" and they didn't!

 

[VN Vet]

Your ammo will be fine, but check the lubes you use to be sure they will take high temps. Most will.

If you have wood stocks, the heat could dry them given time and no maintenance.

 

[Mikeh82]

If it gets that damn hot outside you have more to worry about than your gun.

 

[Jubbie]

My rear site slide out of my Sig 229 after I left it in a hot car for a couple hours. Only guess is that it was wedged in place with a small item that shrunk in the heat. Never found the item, but my rear site just slid freely straight through the gap. Oh darn, had to get Night Sites.

 

[printcraft]

Be sure not to place a GLOCK (proper display of the name ) on you
dash as it will melt and run into your vents and smell like cookies.

 

[Biohazard]

As a highly unscientific experiment, I left a box of ammo in my car (not garaged) for one calendar year. I took the ammo out and shot it with no problems.

Sample size = 20.

 

[SMiller]

Now holsters are a differen't subject, I went shooting yesterday and was doing lots of from the holster draws, I started noticing the gun wasn't coming right out of the holster (bladetech, which I love!) like it should, I started to think about it and looked at the gun and noticed the gun had melted holster on it! No more drawing from my good holster! I finnally figured out what Fobus holsters are good for...

 

[GIJEW]

If schools are one of the 'victim disarmament zones' you go to, be aware that just being on the premises is a felony. Only exception is if you're picking up/dropping off your kid--and you don't exit the vehicle.

 

[cce1302]

It's always too hot to leave a gun in the car, unless you're going to a school or somewhere that you'll be in jail for carrying a gun.

 

[AndersonIN]

Be sure not to place a GLOCK (proper display of the name ) on you
dash as it will melt and run into your vents and smell like cookies.

Yum!!! What kind of cookies?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

So, I didn't see any policies at my work for carrying, so it's likely a dont-ask, dont-tell situation... but rather than be found out accidently... I figure I'll slip into my messenger bag when I enter the building, rather than leave in car.

 

[Winkerbean]

I wouldn't worry about leaving in your car because of the heat- I worry more about thieves.

 

[AndersonIN]

So, I didn't see any policies at my work for carrying, so it's likely a dont-ask, dont-tell situation... but rather than be found out accidently... I figure I'll slip into my messenger bag when I enter the building, rather than leave in car.

Just in case you have the opportunity......At my last 2 places of employment I have had the opportunity to re-write/amend the Employee Handbook Policies. Under the paragraph that mentions weapons on company property I added in "illegal weapons" would not be allowed. This enabled those of us that carry "legal" weapons!

No....weapons did not have to do with me leaving one for the other. LOL

 

[redneckmedic]

 

[No Time to Shoot]

So that's what happened to my Hi Point!