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Posted: 7/18/2006 2:52:17 PM EDT
How long do you think you can store loaded 7.62 AK mags ( in new -like new condition) and still have reliable funtion...1yr/5yr/10yr? 
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Almost indefinately. Been a few reports from Afghanistan of finding 20+ year old loaded mags in dirt huts and caves working with no problems. For the average American having one loaded in a closet will last well beyond that. What wears a mag is many compression and release cycles of the spring and not from keeping it loaded for extended periods. Hootbro |
+1. Like hootbro said, it is the compression cycles of the springs that wears out a magazine. Fill 'em up, let them sit stored. A mag isn't useful unless it has a few buddies inside it waiting to come out and play. |
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