keep magazines loaded??
Is it OK for firearm magazines to be kept loaded for an extended period of time (years) or should they be unloaded periodically to relax the springs?
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Unloaded periodically
Guns don't kill people, it's the bullets, stupidI am the NRA, the KABA, NJ Area Rep for the 2ampd, and the AARP :(njretcop@copmail.com0 -
I have told this before. I have a Colt .38 Super magazine that stayed loaded in the gun, in my grandfather's bureau, for about 30 years. If you load it and then load a new mag, you can tell the spring in it is weaker than the new one, but it works just fine.I think the springs have a fatigue factor built in.
Certified SIG pistol armorer/FFL Dealer/Full time Peace Officer, Egotistical Rogue, Evil, Dangerous Racist Moderator of the General Discussion Board on Gunbroker. Email davidnunn@texoma.net Jesus is Lord!0 -
Nunn: Are you sure that wasn't a SIG 38 Super?
Guns don't kill people, it's the bullets, stupidI am the NRA, the KABA, NJ Area Rep for the 2ampd, and the AARP :(njretcop@copmail.com0 -
And then there are older guns ,with rare mags..218 0 -
njretcop: I am a SIG armorer because my PD assigned me the training. I carry a SIG 229 because it is issued and required. I have learned to love the SIG pistols, but it was a process.That said, if I had a choice of what to carry for a duty sidearm, it would be an older Colt. '70 Series or earlier. .45 caliber Lightweight Commander with a few small tweaks.
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I've kept mags. loaded for years at a time with no feed problems.Mudge
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I am sure it would be best if magazines were allowed to "rest" periodically. However, like several of the above, I have my own stories of magazines kept loaded for decades that still work fine.I have an early Smith & Wesson M59 that has been loaded since it was new (1971), and its early magazines hold 16 rounds so the spring is really compressed. It works each time I shoot it.I acquired a WWI Colt M1911 in the 1980s that was loaded with WWI headstamp ammunition that I was told had been in the magazine since WWI. It works fine as well.Ideally, one should probably have a series of magazines one could rotate in service, but I do not have the discipline to do that. I am not sure how important that really is. I agree that magazine springs are ideally designed to allow for loss of tension over the years, and still remain functional. 0 -
NUNN: Lighten up, it was only a joke.
Guns don't kill people, it's the bullets, stupidI am the NRA, the KABA, NJ Area Rep for the 2ampd, and the AARP :(njretcop@copmail.com0 -
I will admit that I don't know a thing about magazine springs however I often wonder if I should jack up my pickup occasionally to take the weight off.
" Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects" Will Rogers0
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