Garand Thumb Freezing Pistol Test

It’s entertaining to watch but that’s about it for me - he has a very small sample size of 1 of each brand. Anything little thing can skew the results
 
Prudii said:
He says as much in the video
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I understand. I made the post because many folks may not catch that or not even watch the video (only read the comments ) some of those folks will then quote results like it is gospel
 
BrettB said:
It’s entertaining to watch but that’s about it for me - he has a very small sample size of 1 of each brand. Anything little thing can skew the results
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He's doing more than 99% of the people, I find these interesting. I lived and hunted in AK, it's amazing what cold temps will do to things.
 
Whoohoo, something to celebrate as an M&P fan! Best ergonomics and best freezing temp performance (although we live in the South where it’s seldom freezing to begin with 😂).
 
It may be an old wives tale, but I recall hearing once that the US Coast Guard had Ruger Mini 14's on some of their ice breaker ships because in sub zero weather, they had fewer reliability issues in extreme cold than the M16 did at the time.

I know aluminum and steel expand/contract at different rates, and if you get cold enough, some lubricants will start to get stiff and gum up, so it makes sense to me.
 
Personally, I thought of it as an entertainment kind of test. Dunking them with water invalidated any kind of practical value, unless you wanted to know if you can use the gun after falling through a frozen lake. (And then he should have used the maritime spring cups in the Glock. ;) ) A more practical test would be to freeze the guns as is. And 7mins isn't sufficient, more like hours. He just froze the water, which jammed up the guns.

I bet all of those guns would have fired "dry". Instead of freezing water, I think the real issue is freezing or gumming lube. Some don't do well in cold weather. IIRC, Frog Lube, for example, doesn't tolerate cold well. Another reason to run light on lubes vs wet.
 
RedneckFur said:
It may be an old wives tale, but I recall hearing once that the US Coast Guard had Ruger Mini 14's on some of their ice breaker ships because in sub zero weather, they had fewer reliability issues in extreme cold than the M16 did at the time.

I know aluminum and steel expand/contract at different rates, and if you get cold enough, some lubricants will start to get stiff and gum up, so it makes sense to me.
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I had an AR malfunction on me during a freezing camping trip. Made me change the lube I used, as it got too gummy when it got cold.
 
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