yeoman

I have for years done what Cayugad is now testing, except that I do bring my gun inside the house, in fact it is in now.

The concept that I am working with is the gun does go from the warm house to the cold truck, then as we drive to the hunting spot the gun is warmed slowly in the cab of the truck. It does not get hot but it is warmed. So it has gone from warm to cold then for ashort period of time then rewarmed. Then from the warm truck to the cold field for a day of hunting. At the end of the day the cold gun is placed in the cold truck. Cold as the outside air as it to has been sitting all day and then the drive home warms the gun slowly. From the truck it comes in the house and standsin the corner of the Rec-room (butt down) until the next day. Then repeat the process the next day... In addition it might standa full week in the house between trips - sometimes I gotta work...

I am running the same experiment here now trying to duplicate the hunting routine. For 3 days it went from the house directly to the outside deck - spent all day on the deck in what ever weather came... then in the evening I would go get it and bring to the unheated garage for at least an hour (about the same time period spend in the truck for the drive home)and sometimes a little longer - then back into the house for the night. It spent all dayTues-Wed-Thursday in the house, had to work, and it will be out Friday - Saturday (really suppose to be nasty weather) and shooting is scheduled for Sunday. The expirement beganSaturday the 6th... You can see the firstfew postsat:
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1911153

And I am 99% sure you will see a successful post this Sunday evening... I hope