Quoted: Keep 'em loaded for ten years if you want.
Keeping them loaded doesn't wear out the spring...loading and unloading (shooting them) does.
Go to the #1 Gunspring Manufacurer, Wolffe, and they will explain. www.gunsprings.com
No need to ask further. This is well documented fact.
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As a new AR fan and an OOLLLLLDDDDDD 1911 A1 fan, I can attest that what he says is TRUE. About 8 years ago, I filled 2 govt style mags with .45 ball, then put them in a baggie and left 'em where I would forget 'em, just to test this out.
I forgot 'em.
I moved from the PRK* a few months ago, to New Mexico, and unearthed them. The springs are seemingly good as new! The gov't model mags I (formerly**) used have worn out... but these were as good as the day I put 'em away.
*Peepul's Republik of Kalifornia
**I use Wilson mags now and won't put anything else in my 1911s. They get offended.