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2/5/2025 11:11:19 AM EDT
How long could one leave a mag loaded with 10 rounds without spring setting?   I would suspect that they use quality springs but just wondering if i could leave some loaded for just in case moments.. Like 6 months.
2/5/2025 11:48:03 AM EDT
[#1]
I thought it was cycling that wore magazine springs out. I’ve got one that’s been loaded since 2020.
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2/5/2025 12:25:15 PM EDT
[#2]
Cycling not tension that wears out the mag springs…
2/5/2025 1:04:51 PM EDT
[#3]
In my brain the weight to spring ratio is different than an AR but I don’t have any real data on it. It’s definitely a gun I don’t see keeping my mags loaded.
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2/5/2025 7:39:50 PM EDT
[#4]
The mag spring is very strong. We had left M82a1/M107 mags loaded once to try them out. Left 5 loaded for a year. Took them out and fired them no problem.
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2/5/2025 9:58:15 PM EDT
[#5]
Thanks.  That’s all good info.

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