Omega Problem!!
 

Thought i would share this with you all.

As a lot of you know I have an Omega that I thought I would try this season, well I did encouter a problem with it yesterday that caught me off guard a bit... The trigger group froze up. It has been snowing heavily here for the last days the trees and bruch are loaded. Yesterday while hunting in the blizzard and with the combination of snow falling from brush and trees the trigger group collected al lot of snow - also melted a good deal of this snow from the warmth of the metal. Well when the snow stopped and the skies cleared ad the temp dropped to 12 - all that melted snow - now moister in the trigger - froze - I mean froze hard. I went to pul the hammer back on a doe - NOT GOING TOHAPPEN... I was able to drop the breech and then blowing warmair from my defrost the thing - I kept working the mechanism the rest of the morning to make sure that it didn't freeze again - well it did but not as hard I was able to pull the hammer back... That afternoon when the temp came back up and it started snowing again no problems...

Live and learn - - -

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

Too bad [&o]. Hope you get another opportunity.

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

This is a bad weather problem that could of struck any manufacturer's ML of a resembling design. Perhaps a child's headband or a cut scarfwould serve as a good hammer-areaprotector-sealer in blizzards like this.

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

Pglasgow

I did - show you later today - not real proud of the animal but it was the last day - so most anything was a target....

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Triple Se7en

I totally agree - just thought I would give a heads-up....

What I think I am going to do or least try is Lock anti-freeze and lubricant - you know the stuff for car door locks/padlocks/ignitions - I am going to lube it with that them put it out on the porch in a snow storm and see what happens.... I really think it will work - has cured my snowmobile/ATV ignition switch problem.

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

Congrats, look forward to seeing your success story. It seems to me, that the animals that we are least proud of, are the most tender, succulent animals we harvest. Happy eating!

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

Sabotloader, while any of them can freez up under those conditions one of those 3 inch high 1.25 in diameter {approxmate } can of WD40 that you can carry in your pocket will either clean out the moisture before it gets a chance to freez up or thaw it out. The only thing I dont like about it is it adds to the scent problem but thats better than a froze up gun. Lee

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

lemoyne

Good thought - I am going to try the anti-freeze first but that will be the backup

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

Let us know how that comes out I tried anti-freeze but I must have used the wrong kind because it dried sticky and I had an awful time getting my System One working right again. Lee

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

That is good to know, I wonder if the little tiny cans of lock de-icer would get it working again? I think that they might squirt out some type of alcohol that evaporates very quickly. They sure have come in handy when the key won't go into the lock.

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What about wrapping a hand warmer around it?

Last year the lock on the gate at my lease froze up.
I almost bent the key in half trying to get it to unlock.
I opened up 2 handwarmers and put the lock in between them, 10 minutes later it opened up.

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

uckayak2_mn

That is exactly what I am talking about... I thought it also had a lubricant in it. Seems like the stuff I used on the snowmobiles did...

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

I think that I am going to put a little can of that in my hunting jacket for next year. I used to keep a little can in my jacket pocket during the Winter season. My friend and I were once ice fishing and when we left the lake and walked to shore, I guess our hands got too cold, we could not get the key in to turn the lock. I thought we might have to bust the window or freeze. When we finally got it open I carried one from then on. I believe it does contain some type of lube to prevent future freezing up. In MN just just carrying something from the warm house to outside can cause problems with stuff freezing up. You brought up a good point to avoid future headaches.

Mike

RE: Omega Problem!!
 

Well when someone tries it let us know the WD 40 works ok but always looking for some thing better I use it about 3 times a day in the conditions sabotloader was talking about once a day otherwise. Lee