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Posted: 10/2/2008 6:03:12 PM EDT
| Whats the benefit? Is chrome a smoother material? I can't seem to find a viable answer. |
There are no "Chrome" springs. There are "Chrome-Silicon-Steel" springs, which is referring to a particular low-alloy spring steel. The chrome is present in a VERY SMALL percentage of the steel alloy. Surface roughness is not the issue. For the purposes of fatigue it is POSSIBLE that the Chroem-silicon-steel is SLIGHTLY better than stainless. But, given that most folks will never fire 30,000 rounds out of one magazine I view long-term storage and field environment resistance as more important and thus prefer stainless. YMMV. |
He lives in Georgia (hopefully not the Ruskie invaded one). I'm thinking stainless is better for him. |
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Surface roughness is not the issue. For the purposes of fatigue it is POSSIBLE that the Chroem-silicon-steel is SLIGHTLY better than stainless. But, given that most folks will never fire 30,000 rounds out of one magazine I view long-term storage and field environment resistance as more important and thus prefer stainless. YMMV.
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I store my range mags in an ammo can in the garage. Houston humidity. The Chrome Sillcon springs rust. The Stainless Steel ones do not. Guess which springs I won't buy any more of? If you live in Arizona it might not matter. In your garage? I would expect magazines would be adversely effected by that almost anywhere. I live in Houston also.... I keep magazines stored in the air conditioning... neither type of spring rusts. Depends how you store them, I guess. I also keep the springs lightly oiled, for protection... maybe that is it. |
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