There photos are of a Sig Sauer Pro that was left in an electric oven at 210°c / 400°f for 20 minutes by a French police officer. After cleaning it he put it in to dry but was distracted by a phone call.
I propose this as a candidate Xavier’s Ugly Gun Sunday.
Hat Tip: Galileo @ MP.net
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At least Xavier’s ugly guns are still shootable…. That’s just sad.
Insert remark about how you never EVER put a (ANY) gun in the oven, what the heck. Well ill bet he got in a little bit of trouble for that one.
You see this is the reason why the US military is against plastic receivers.
400°f isn’t hot. Going prolong full auto will get hotter then that.
I wounder at what degree the plastic would start to warp.
Oh wow, what a horrible thing to do to a perfectly wonderful Sig!
Never heard of drying you gun after cleaning. French police may need to give their cops an IQ test as a part of the recruiting/selection procedure.
Just goes to show the French are so good at raising the white flag, they don’t have to worry about using their firearms.
Cops and guns… Often a very bad combination. I guess it being a French cop makes it even worse?
It’s a good thing it wasn’t loaded.
I’ll admit I’ve done some silly things in my time, like putting a beer in the freezer to quickly chill it and then remembering it two hours later–only to find that it’s either turned to beersicle or exploded. But a gun in the oven? There is nothing approaching a logical reason to have done that in the first place.
I’m suspicious that he did this intentionally, to see what would happen, and made up this retarded story to try and cover his arse.