Posted: 1/9/2008 9:30:50 AM EDT
If you leave a P3AT charged all the time, are there any springs compressed that might cause a malfunction at a time when you need a gun?
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Must be your first gun....? Springs in guns and magazines can stay compressed, it won't hurt them, that's one of their design features. |
are all springs created equal? |
And from what I've read they don't wear down that much if you only compress them in the direction they were intended to be compressed. |
I have had major problems with Checkmate mags that were left compressed and with my EAA Witness mags that were left compressed. In the Witness's case, I loaded it with 15 rounds (18rd capacity, but I didn't know it at the time) when it was brand new. I didn't shoot those rounds because they were Cor-Bons, until I found better defense loads. I went to shoot them about 3 1/2 months later...FTF with every round. They would nose over in the mag and wouldn't come close to going up the ramp.. I fired another 25 rounds of Cor-Bon through it when it was new, so I knew it wasn't an amm problem. The thing came with 3 mags, the 1 was loaded right away and I used the other two for shooting. Put about 250rds through it with 1 FTF until that one magazine. Edit: But my P3AT has been flawless. It kicks noticeably less than my P232. Recoil operation FTW... |
Of course not. Replacing springs is part of the gun's 'scheduled maintainence'. Springs are a wear part. But, my point, and pretty much everyone else's point is: You can leave mags loaded and guns charged. They're designed to be used that way. |