I loaded my gpr this afternoon for an afternoon hunt. I cleaned all the oil out of the rifle and let it set out in the garage for awhile then I hauled it out to the hunting grounds in a case in the bed of the pick up. Ensuring that the gpr was good and cold I loaded it up and set off hunting in the bone chilling -10 weather. I did not get a shot so I put in back in the case and hauled it back home once again in the bed of the pick up and put it in the cold garage once again loaded. It is going to remain well below zero through tomorrow so I guess my question is, Is my pure olive oil ticking patch froze. If so will it effect my accuracy if I do get a shot tomorrow.
I suppose my patch is froze.....
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I've seen Olive oil turn thick, as I have carried it with camp gear down to 15,,
Can't say if it'll freeze, :idunno:
Can't say if it'll freeze, :idunno:
I've shot with lard at 10 below.I don't know how much effect it would have shooting the bull,but it did just fine shooting the buck.Its hard to tell on a deer at 35 yards if your an inch or two from point of aim or not.Netween the hot gas and the friction of the barrel I dont think the lube will stay -10 for long.
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Freezing point of olive oil
Olive oil will harden at refrigerator temperatures -- around 37 degrees F. Water is a pure substance, so it freezes at an exact temperature. Olive oil is a complex mixture of oils and waxes. The heavier oils and waxes will form needle-like crystals as the temperature is lowered, then the other oils will start to settle out. Because olive oil is a natural product and different from year to year even from the same bottler, each batch of oil will "freeze" at a different temperature. There is no exact freezing temperature. Freezing olive oil will not harm it; it will actually prolong its nutritional benefits and its flavor.
Olive oil will harden at refrigerator temperatures -- around 37 degrees F. Water is a pure substance, so it freezes at an exact temperature. Olive oil is a complex mixture of oils and waxes. The heavier oils and waxes will form needle-like crystals as the temperature is lowered, then the other oils will start to settle out. Because olive oil is a natural product and different from year to year even from the same bottler, each batch of oil will "freeze" at a different temperature. There is no exact freezing temperature. Freezing olive oil will not harm it; it will actually prolong its nutritional benefits and its flavor.
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Does this mean that the deer, I shoot will have better flavor if I use Olive oil. :rotf: Just couldn't help myself. :haha:
Take a piece of your patching material. Add to it your brand of olive oil, and place it in the garage next to you rifle. If your test patch isn't frozen when you go to get your rifle the next morning, then neither is the patch around your bullet. :thumbsup: Whenever you can do a test with your components/equipment in the environment where you use them, that's the best answer you can get (imho).
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I've always understood that Sweet Oil is actually a blend of natural oils and waxes -- it shoot do it's thing all the time.
Seriously, has anyone ever used mineral oil (baby oil without the perfume)? I might in really cold hunting weather -- it feezes at -30 C./-22 F. It too is a waxy oil but from petroleum. It's cheap and would probably do well (though I like the idea of natural, period correct, and plentiful-at-my-home olive oil).
Seriously, has anyone ever used mineral oil (baby oil without the perfume)? I might in really cold hunting weather -- it feezes at -30 C./-22 F. It too is a waxy oil but from petroleum. It's cheap and would probably do well (though I like the idea of natural, period correct, and plentiful-at-my-home olive oil).
It won't matter if it is froze or not a split second after ignition.
It's been my experience that it won't freeze.. as a matter of fact I couldn't tell much difference at all in the consistancy of the Olive oil due to a drastic change in the temp.Loyalist Dave said:
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The lube for my rifle may not be froze BUT I will be!! -15!! :shocked2: I have 2 steel rods implanted into my spine from double curve scoli. At those temps I'm in hibernation till spring.
