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Posted: 6/23/2013 4:12:16 PM EDT
| Last night I loaded up a bunch of Pmags with the intention of making it to the range today. That never happened. Was wondering should I unload all my mags or is it OK to leave them loaded for a while, and how long? Concerned about the spring staying compressed for an extended time. |
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What wears the spring out is constant loading and unloading Loading mags and keeping them loaded with have no detrimental effect on the spring Either keep 'em loaded or keep 'em unloaded I've had some loaded for over a year and don't wouldn't have any problem counting on any one of them to save my life if I needed it. I've heard of people with pmags loaded for 5 or so years and shot them and worked great. |
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What wears the spring out is constant loading and unloading Loading mags and keeping them loaded with have no detrimental effect on the spring Either keep 'em loaded or keep 'em unloaded I compared springs from mags that I have had loaded for 4 years, springs from mags I had loaded for 2 weeks and springs from mags I had never loaded. The springs from mags loaded 4 years and 2 weeks were the same length. The mags that were never loaded at springs about 2 inches longer. Springs will shorten from being loaded to a "set" length. |
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