Eeeewwwwwwww
As long as it's not a glock it should be fine
The best answer to this question is to go out and test your gear the way you carry it. In my opinion, if you are carrying a gun you should be trained and practicing frequently. You should be practicing in all kinds of conditions. Hot summers, freezing cold winters, mud, dust, clear sunny days, whatever. After you put 10,000 or so rounds down the pipe in all these various conditions, you will have a really good idea how your pistol performs in those conditions. More importantly, you'll have a really good idea how well you perform in all of those conditions (probably the more necessary lesson).
If you have a decent pistol, and you aren't over-lubricating it with cheap lube, it will probably operate just fine in any condition the average person will likely face in Indiana.
Go out and test it first in the conditions?? Really? The last time it got this cold I was 14. But I'm sure you have an underground test range where you can test all your stuff down into the negative Kelvin degrees.
Also, 10k rounds? You expect my to be able to afford that AND Obamacare? Really?
Apparently you have no family, financial or time responsibilities.
Good grief.
Yeah, that's what I thought too.
+1
Use a higher end lube and you shouldn't have to worry about freezing. I use CLP. It's synthetic and won't realistically freeze. I've heard stories of Hoppes and even Rem Oil setting up in the cold.
I use CLP too. I tried Frog Lube for a minute, but I recently noticed that my guns that were lubed with it got "gummy" while stored in my safe which is in a cool room in our house. I don't know if anyone else has had that issue, but no more Frog Lube for me. The guns that were lubed with CLP had no such issues.
Do not leave it in the car at below zero. They will screw up if the oil gets stiff. Everything gets stiff below zero....Well, almost everything.
and whatever you do don't shoot your eye out !!Don't let anyone talk you into sticking your tongue on it!
... You cannot appreciate just how cold a rifle receiver will get until you have to hold on to it like you life depended on it.