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regarding leaving firearms in the closed/locked vehicle during the summer heat....

consider that back in the "old days" (man I miss them), we left loaded rifles and shotguns hanging in the gun racks, exposed to direct sunlight, in the rear window of our pick-up trucks. I can assure you that the only problem with that was bleaching the wood, and bluing... then gun and ammo will still function properly. I have a 1973 Marlin 336 that hung in a buddy's truck rack long enough that the old Bushnell Sportview scope completely turned gray on the "sun side", and the wood bleached off color. The gun still shoots 1.5 inch groups consistantly (with the same old scope) at 100 yards. I did completely refinish the stock and re-blued the steel last year, but left the old "bi-colored" Sportview on it.

Now, polymer in the direct sun may be a different matter, but I'm sure that no one would dare leave any firearm exposed to the sun (i.e. view) in a vehicle anyway. I wouldn't give a second thought about leaving any firearm in the heat of a vehicle.


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