Great pictures, they make keep the fire burning. I mean that in a good way.

When I lived in ND, my truck gun as everyone refers to them as, was either a push feed M70 243 or a m 700 223. They stayed in the truck all winter long. If I needed to take them out, I stood them up in an unheated garage. I didn't want the stocks warping or metal sweating. When in the truck the barrels were pointed down.

Powder, especially IMR 4350, I thought was effected by extreme cold.

I got started using Rem-Lube back in the late 90's. A couple of my old partners liked to goose hunting. They used the Remington autos in 10 gauge?. They had problems until they used Rem-Lube.

Just my .02$