Firing Pin Issues in Cold Weather Hunting?

If the temperature is very cold, like in the teens or less, you can experience firing pin issues if you are using a wet lubricant. It is best to go dry and use powdered graphite

like Brownells below. And dry fire your rifle on occasion before and during the hunt to keep that pin floating.

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About Ed Hale

I am an avid hunter with rifle and Bow and have been hunting for more than 50 years. I have taken big game such as whitetail deer, red deer, elk, Moose and African Plains game such as Kudu, Gemsbok, Springbok, Blesbok, and Impala and wrote an ebook entitled African Safari -Rifle and Bow and Arrow on how to prepare for a first safari. Ed is a serious cartridge reloader and ballistics student. He has earned two degrees in science and has written hundreds of outdoor article on hunting with both bow and rifle.