I Keep a firearm in the truck. Gets pretty hot in the summer. Try to rotate out mags at the range. From a safety and reliability standpoint, how bad is it to leave ammo in a vehicle?
Many work places will allow one to leave their gun in the car, but will not allow it in the work place. So I assume this is one reason for leaving a gun in a car. The other is some believe in the trunk rifle. That is if in trouble you use your pistol to fight your way to your rifle. Me if I can make to the car I will most likely leave and not return to the fight. The big no no for me is that the gun could get stolen. I hope to some day to obtain a pistol ar in 300 black out to use with full loads. That might make convenient weapon to carry in a vehicle. But for now just thinking about it only.I don't leave unsecured guns in the truck, they are generally on my person or brought in at evening. I have left one in my truck safe but I have to believe it is cooler there than left exposed
I don't leave unsecured guns in the truck, they are generally on my person or brought in at evening. I have left one in my truck safe but I have to believe it is cooler there than left exposed
Comes in at night. Locked in truck on jobsite. I just physically can't carry it while on the job even moreso in the summer. I'm out in the heat and I look like I jumped out of a river from about 930am on. Lol
The cook off temperature of ammo is not identical with temperatures that cause slow degradation over time. Old name for what used to be used for destruction of small arms munitions: 'popping oven'.Over the years I have seen ammo subjected to all kind of environments. Extremes of heat and cold,saltwater and or salt air,different chemicals,completely immersed in water both salt and fresh,etc,etc.
Most of the ammo has been military,with sealed primers (or not),and sealent around the mouth. Some with no sealent at all.
Most of this ammo had made it through these environments and was still serviceable,although some . . . not extremely pretty.
If any indicator - - -> at an NAS Weapons Dept. where I was ststioned,we were tasked with destroying all the unwanted/unserviceable small arms ammo. Out in the EOD area we had a huge,thick walled tank that had a door cut in it. We would put several thousand rds of small arms ammo in it,stuff it with cardboard,dump in a couple gallons of diesel fuel,and light it on fire. It was amazing how long it would burn before the first rd cooked off. Much hotter than any "natural" environment. ---- SAWMAN
I am retired and do a lot of outside work on my place, on my place i carry semi-concealed. I use a bandoleer holster under an open work shirt. I am completely soaked in sweat. I wear a shirt, long pants, and brimmed hat tpo deal with brush and some protection against yellow jackets and leggings when appropriate for water moccasins. If attacked by yellow jackets as you run from the nest they tend to accumulate on the sweat soaked clothing. You shed the clothing as you flee. I have showed up at my house naked on occasion and only a couple of stings. If you hang around a disturbed nest you can get stung many times and even get killed.Comes in at night. Locked in truck on jobsite. I just physically can't carry it while on the job even moreso in the summer. I'm out in the heat and I look like I jumped out of a river from about 930am on. Lol
I am retired and do a lot of outside work on my place, on my place i carry semi-concealed. I use a bandoleer holster under an open work shirt. I am completely soaked in sweat. .........
Kydex holsters if they are thick hurt if you bang into to something. But they do protect the gun. The fabric type holsters upon rough usage do on occasion result in the mag release getting pressed say when lifting thick, long logs for example if they press the gun against the chest for a bandoleer holster. There are trade offs. For rough usage needs more positive retention than what is provided by the pressure hold of most kydex holsters. A LEO once showed me his retention holster, but that is a mechanism of some sort and I am not sure how well it holds up to being drenched in sweat.I'm out and about most days, more time off my property so IWB CC. SWEAT, rain, humidity, salt spray, is a constant problem on your gear. Even an OWB setup can still make contact with wicked moisture. It doesn't take many days of neglect for corrosion or rot to start. I think the best way to minimize daily maintenance is to minimize what is affected by sweat. Kydex holsters (mine have no metal hardware), wash & wear no drying time. Handgun: Poly framed, less metal, no grip panels to remove. Since this is daily maintenance, I don't need high speed low drag lube. Wipe off crud, spray metal with WD-40 as it displaces moisture, flushes away grit (a lot of saw dust recently. Lol) then let it sit/drain off. Wipe off excess, punch bore. I wipe the internal rails with a greasy patch I reuse then assemble. I don't need gun cleaning solvents as I'm not removing carbon/powder or old lube. Five minutes (+-): done.