" ... I've nearly broken keys off as well when I had my FJ60(running an FJ80 presently). Started carrying a bic lighter in my pocket to heat up the key before putting it in the slot. Works pretty well."
Same here. My Ford F250 is not in a garage so the locks freeze. My old ZIPPO heats a lock key quickly and ZAPs the lock open with no effort.
Several years ago I had the firing pin freeze on my Ruger 77 (tang model), when elk hunting n.w. of DuBois, Wyoming. Pulled the bolt, disassembled it, washed it with white gas and then it worked perfectly. Since, hunting in really cold weather, I remove the oil from my rifle's internal parts.
Thanks for all the pictures and info, Mackay. Lots of snow over here... but no elk or deer in the neighborhood. Just two legged animals walking their four legged animals in the snow.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
