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Posted: 7/27/2008 3:06:10 PM EDT
| Is it hard on my standard CAR if I leave the bolt locked back for long periods of time???? I keep my mags loaded, but since I have small children in the house, I would rather not leave it loaded, but have it as ready as possible. I wouldn't worry about it, but it takes a little too much time to push the ammo stack down to get a good lock on the mag with the bolt foreward. Thoughts, opinions would be great! |
| No it wont hurt the spring in your mag or your buffer to remain compressed. It is the compression and relaxing of the spring that causes wear as the metal is flexed. However i chose to leave the bolt closed, empty chamber with mag inserted. I dont think it takes me that long to pull the charging handle compaired to hitting the bolt release. |
| Thanks, that is what I thought. I tried the same thing, but I have a standard latch and a tri-mount and the handle is a little hard to get to in a hurry. I know well enough that all the training and practice go out the window when you are woken up a 2 AM to a window breaking. Thanks!!! |
Welcome!  This tri-mount.......if it were me, I wouldn't want something like that on the weapon, something that interferes with my controls. Just a thought.I have my AR in "condition 3", loaded mag locked in, chamber empty, hammer down. I grab it, grab the CH, lock and load.......real quick. No, won't hurt the buffer spring a bit to leave it locked open like that. And if you download your mags to 28, makes it easier to seat them with the BCG forward. No reason not to just leave the mag in, though, if it's in a safe, or some kind of "secure" place...... |
Takes tension off the spring (I dont know what its called) in the trigger. This is also a safe way to store the rifle, as a quick push of your finger on the saftey selector will tell you the rifle is not cocked. When the hammer is down (dry fired) the slector can not be moved from the fire position. I store my rifle in "condition 3" also, but its in the safe. My springfield is used as primary home defense weapon because it is easier to hide in an even easier place to access. 
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It would be easier to clear it, function check it, dry fire it, then insert the magazine. Also less risk of the hammer slipping off your finger and hitting the webbing of the reciever. |
you will still have a closed bolt, and will have to pull the charging handle to cock the hammer and chamber a round. Storing it with the "hammer down" (just dry fire it) is safer for the operator. YOU will KNOW for SURE that the weapon is NOT cocked just by pressing on the saftey selector. Try it. Make DAMN SURE the rifle is unloaded. Pull the charging handle back, let it fly home, dry fire it, then try to move selector from the fire position. |
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