Interesting.
I do not like wheelguns in winter at all.
Really deep cold and the gun carried close to the body frosts up when used. Frost inside the chambers makes for reloading trouble and reloading itself is a pain, even with speedloaders. I carried revolvers for years and when I finally made the switch to semiautos never looked back. Semiautos are not without their trouble themselves, and I had a Tokarev literally freeze solid where I failed at getting the slide to open even after beating it against my boot and a tree. Finally got the hammer back and fired it which broke the slide free somewhat. No lube on guns in winter is BS. The right lube on guns in winter is the answer.
Here's a little test I did to see what numb hands would do in shooting. I need to do it again for a number of reasons, but it was an interesting "data point" if you could call it that.
I used a Ruger MKII .22 for an easy-shooting SA gun, and a SIG P250 for a long trigger pull 9mm that might put more emphasis on degradation of trigger control. {I was shooting this as part of my personal testing as to carry gun options}. Basically, ambient temp was 30 degrees F, water was just at 33. I stripped to the waist, stood around for a while to get chilly and my blood to my core, then I dunked my hands in the water for 15 seconds for each shot string. This was long enough, stripped to the waist to numb them up fast. Also, it was cumulative, as I didn't warm up between shot strings. The far right targets are the controls, shot while cold, but clothed, before the water test.
What doesn't show is the concentration. No question it required really bearing down to shoot.
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