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1/3/2013 1:03:45 PM EDT
My question is whether I need to worry about my magazine springs. I keep two mags loaded at all times, one for the glock and one for my pocket. I've been carrying the same mags for awhile now and haven't unloaded them. Do I need to worry about the springs in these two mags being weak?
What do some of you do with your mags your carry?
1/3/2013 1:11:36 PM EDT
[#1]
Quoted:
My question is whether I need to worry about my magazine springs. I keep two mags loaded at all times, one for the glock and one for my pocket. I've been carrying the same mags for awhile now and haven't unloaded them. Do I need to worry about the springs in these two mags being weak?
What do some of you do with your mags your carry?


These threads come up all the time and, while I'm not an expert, the answer I see over and over it as follows:

Springs are weakened by the repeated compression (loading) and expansion (unloading), not by prolonged compression.
1/3/2013 1:19:53 PM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
Quoted:
My question is whether I need to worry about my magazine springs. I keep two mags loaded at all times, one for the glock and one for my pocket. I've been carrying the same mags for awhile now and haven't unloaded them. Do I need to worry about the springs in these two mags being weak?
What do some of you do with your mags your carry?


These threads come up all the time and, while I'm not an expert, the answer I see over and over it as follows:

Springs are weakened by the repeated compression (loading) and expansion (unloading), not by prolonged compression.


That's what I always thought as well.
1/3/2013 1:26:20 PM EDT
[#3]
I just load my handguns 2 rounds shy
1/3/2013 1:28:21 PM EDT
[#4]
A quick google search will give you more than you care to read
1/3/2013 2:06:38 PM EDT
[#5]
Quoted: Springs are weakened by the repeated compression (loading) and expansion (unloading), not by prolonged compression.


This. That being said I only keep new mags and some emergency mags loaded.
1/3/2013 5:58:42 PM EDT
[#6]
I keep all my mags loaded all the time. Never had a failure of any kind. Like said above, use i what wears out springs. When you load them fully they will take an initial set, but thats it.
1/4/2013 1:32:44 AM EDT
[#7]
No problem with keeping them loaded.