I keep seeing hints and bits where people claim that polymer framed weapons (Ruger P345 for example) will warp if they get too hot.

Really? I thought guns were designed to take the heat of several hundred rounds at a time on range days and competition days?

My real concern is that if carrying a Polymer framed gun as a CCW, and I have to leave it in my car while I visit my daughters school or some other 30.06 establishment, my car can easily get upwards of 150*F in the summer.

Should I really be concerned about this?

You have nothing to worry about. If it were a problem, the dash of your car would melt.

I bake them in the oven at 170* all the time :laughing:

I bake them in the oven at 170* all the time :laughing:

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FWIW, I took my Glock on a trip to Cental Washington. I left it in my Scout for 3 days with 90-100 degree weather. It shoots just as good as it did before the trip.

I bake them in the oven at 170* all the time :laughing:


So what would it take for me to get you to bake my wife's gun with North Carolina Blue? :evil:


Honestly though.. I had read this as I was perusing the web over the last few weeks. I didnt believe it, and figured you guys would give me the straight dope.

My glock spent 3 months (June, July, August) in my black truck in Austin with no problems. It don't get much hotter than that in Texas, you'll be fine. :laughing:

Mine stays in the air conditioning so I am not sure.

My Glock 19 has spent all day tucked under the seat during work hours for 3 years. It gets hot here.

No problems. And like Gil said, I've baked a Duracoated Glock frame at 175 overnight. It was fine.

Tim's point about the dash was good, too. Never considered arguing that angle - too obvious, I suppose.

Guns and Ammo TV put a XD on a grill and cooked it with some chicken breast. Aside from the melt marks where the polymer contacted the metal grate it was fine and functioned reliably