Question about magazines
Greenhorn question:
Is it a bad idea to keep ammunition in a magazine indefinitely?
Will it wear out the magazine spring?
If so, what does the military and police do with weapons using magazines? Do they take out the ammunition or repalce the magazine after awhile?
Finally, can anyone tell me if New York has a ban on 20 or 30 round magazines, for like a Ruger Mini-14?
Is it a bad idea to keep ammunition in a magazine indefinitely?
Will it wear out the magazine spring?
If so, what does the military and police do with weapons using magazines? Do they take out the ammunition or repalce the magazine after awhile?
Finally, can anyone tell me if New York has a ban on 20 or 30 round magazines, for like a Ruger Mini-14?
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The trick is the quality of the magazine. GOOD springs don't wear out or get a memory. I've shot fully loaded magazines from WW2 that function flawlessly and every round fired. I also have a 100 or so GI 45 mags and I laoded a bunch of them a long time ago as an experiment. No matter how long I have let them sit that way I have never had a failure. 0 -
This is a topic with a lot of debate. I got my information from a company that makes springs. I follow there sugestions. If you are interested enough in the truth, not just a bunch of people's opinions contact a person that knows metal's and spring making and take their advice.
0311 semper fi0 -
You hear it both ways, but as far as I know, no one on these boards has ever claimed a magazine spring took a "set"
You can ask an engineer or you can ask a user. Personally, in the real world, I would prefer to ask a user (and not a spring seller).
Stolen from, and with thanks, to Kiwibird0 -
The big on I have heard is that it is the actual using of the spring that wears it out, as in shooting and then reloading it. One of the things that I remember from one of the earlier Glock tests was about the magazines. They were using a G17 and 6 standard (17rd) mags durring a longevity test. They said they started having feeding problems arround 30,000 due to the mag springs. The springs were replaced and from that point on the mags were only loaded to 15rds. At 80,000 the mags were still going strong. So there is another point for what it is worth. Wether it helps or not I usualy load 2 down in my mags, not that I will ever shoot that much. With the price of new mags back down to reasonable price I dont think it matters much.
Just remember there are no stupid questions, just stupid people asking questions.
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Finally, can anyone tell me if New York has a ban on 20 or 30 round magazines, for like a Ruger Mini-14?
New York State has a ban on post 94 magazines that are over 10 rounds, but preban, high capacity, magazines made before September 13, 1994 are legal in New York State. Since local laws vary from county to county, and city to city, places like Nassau County, Syracuse, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo have their own assault weapons bans and own magazine limits, which is very confusing and hard to keep track of. I suggest you contact your local authorities to determine what is legal in your area.0 -
quote:Originally posted by sksman761
Finally, can anyone tell me if New York has a ban on 20 or 30 round magazines, for like a Ruger Mini-14?
New York State has a ban on post 94 magazines that are over 10 rounds, but preban, high capacity, magazines made before September 13, 1994 are legal in New York State. Since local laws vary from county to county, and city to city, places like Nassau County, Syracuse, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo have their own assault weapons bans and own magazine limits, which is very confusing and hard to keep track of. I suggest you contact your local authorities to determine what is legal in your area.
Now that most manufacturers are no longer marking their mags, I think if I lived in NY a road trip would be in order to set me up with some brand new unmarked mags. That or stock up on 10rd mags that are real cheap right now.
Your local LEO authorities most likely don't what the law is. I would consult your local gunshop as they should know the ins and outs of the law. I've found that the hometown boards on www.ar-15.com to be very helpful to finding laws in specific locals.
Regards,0 -
In the spirit of Skyking, I have a Walther that my father kept loaded from the end of WWII until about 5 years ago. It was rarely fired, and probably not at all in between 1970 and 2000. The magazine works perfectly today. 0 -
springs are worn out only by using them (compressing and decrompressing). whether you leave them loaded or not they will wear the same.
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