Posted: 8/23/2010 6:46:54 PM EDT
| Do any of you guys know what the spring life for Springfield armory magazines would be, loaded? |
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Loaded they will be good for a looooong time. Loading and unloading is what wears out the springs (the full compression cycle). Even then, you are likely to go through a LOT of ammo before they give out on you. thanks didnt know that, I heard somewhere that having them loaded for a long time wears them out. Just wanted to know if it was true. 
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| Load and dont worry about it. I remember a story Massad Ayoob wrote about a WWII 1911 that had been loaded since the end of the war by this grandfather. He passed...and only left grandma around. Grandson pulled it out and shot bad guy with it when bad guy was attacking his grandma....did not have a single jam when he blew away the bad guy in the home invasion. Grandma said it was loaded and untouched for many years. So dont worry about it. |