Well, I can't attest to the scientific validity of it but I went ahead and
tested to see if freezing resulted in a loss of quality. I froze a small
amount of pastrami, bologna and ham. I wrapped each in freezer paper and
then put in a zip loc freezer bag. It stayed in the freezer from about the
time of my first post to about one hour ago when I took it out to defrost.
No noticeable change in quality.

Of course it was only in there for a couple days. A longer visit to the
freezer might yield different results.

Thanks to all who replied.