A few years back, two of us went on a winter cow moose hunt.70 miles in by sno-go we set the wall tent and wood stove.
After camp was set, we put dinner on the stove and tried to pour a nice sundowner but the Crown Royal wouldn't pour.....froze.
How cold was that?......damned cold. The next morning we harvested our cows and headed home with no thought to rifle
metallurgy.
You’re lucky it froze. I’m sure you’re aware that one can damage their esophagus drinking liquids that cold.
True statement. I used to do SAR/Medevac in Western AK. We had a case where a guy in a (dry) village took a swig of vodka that was left outside while it was -40 ish. His esophagus swelled up, and he had to have a tracheaotomy done by the local clinic nurse (he was lucky that they had a staffed clinic- a lot of villages don't). We helicoptered him to Nome, where he got a jet ride to Anchorage.
Oh, and I've shot rifles at -40... no issues, just keep them dry (lube).
