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Reply With QuotePut it in the center console and out of the sun. I don't know at what temp rounds would start to cook off, but I would not want to find out either. Best bet, just carry it on your person and don't leave it in the car.
John, I bought a cheap Uncle Mike's IWB holster for my M-36. I keep it in the glove box of the truck, as an emergency holster, for when I can't use one of my leather holsters, or I foget one. Sometimes I'm carrying in a OWB leather holster, when I decide to go into a store, town offices, or Post Office. I change to the UM's IWB. It allows me to carry my 36 hidden from view.........very important in this dumb state. Bob
Put it in the center console and out of the sun. I don't know at what temp rounds would start to cook off, but I would not want to find out either. Best bet, just carry it on your person and don't leave it in the car.
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s&wtoter, the problem with Arizona is that in the summer our temps routinely reach well up past 115 degrees for weeks on end, that is shade temperature. The inside of a locked vehicle can well exceed 145 degrees...people and animals will die in just a short time if confined (and yes it stupidly does happen). Guns are so hot you have a difficult time handling one, enen in the center console or glove box, but the real question is about the ammo, does it get damaged after time? My guess is that it must suffer at least some degradation, but will it fire off? Probably not, but who knows? I have the good fortune of at least having covered (shaded) parking at work where my gun sits, but that hasn't always been the case. I'd like to say I'm diligent enough to rotate the ammo in it, but I'd be lying if I did. Now when we go out shooting in the summer, I actually keep an iced down chest (styrofoam or plastic) with frozen liter soda bottles and rotate the guns through it to cool them down and be able to handle. We're so dry out here that rust is a non-event, but burned hands are!Originally Posted by s&wtoter
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I have a couple of small coolers, sufficient in size to hold a 6" revolver. Some of these, like mine, come with re-freesable containers that affix to the inside of the lid. Perhaps you'd want to put a couple of rags over your pistol to prevent condensation from dripping on it. A gun left in there for 8 hours or so would be comfortable to handle.
Personally, I adhore leaving a firearm in a vehicle for the obvious risk of theft, and if loaded, you've just armed a criminal. I'm not judging you; you do what you have to do.
I got a Redhead soft case, and put it under the seat. It works just fine.
It's either leave it in the car, or leave it at home. I can't take it into work with me. Since criminals don't seem to have any problems getting a gun, I'd rather have it to protect myself from them. Thanks though for bringing it up and making me think about it.
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Wrap the piece in a small terry hand towel. It acts as an insulator and adds a little protection for the piece as well. I use this as well at the range for handguns and for long guns when letting the barrel cool between rounds during load developement tests. Just drape a doubled bath towel over the action and speeds things up a lot.
I'm in the same boat. The range is right on my way home from work. And my after work travels sometimes take me into undesirable locations. So if I want to stop at the range and shoot a mag's worth at paper to freshen up after work or if I have to go to an undesired part of Allentown I would rather have my sidearm with me instead of either not having it or having to run home first and waste time and gas. I doubt that I'll ever have to use it and hope I never will have to, but just in case I want to be prepared.
I often wondered if it wad safe to leave my gun in my truck with the windows cracked open a little bit, well the ammo was my main concern.
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Ammo won't 'cook off' unless subject to direct heat. Never saw it in Vietnam and never heard of it in the 'Sand Box.' I also keep my windows cracked in real hot weather. I don't worry about the heat bothering my truck gun but I worry about Indiana August when we get 99% humidity.
Those windshield shades make a big difference in the vehicles' interior temperature. It also can allow a faster cool off when you start out.
I use a small Coleman Six-Pack cooler with cold packs on those 100 degree 100% humidity days in Florida.
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