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Posted: 9/7/2010 6:24:26 PM EDT
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I keep them loaded all of the time.
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Posted: 9/7/2010 8:21:17 PM EDT
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The consensus here (including some fairly impressive engineer-speak) is that springs weaken by compression and then expansion, not by sitting at compression. In other words, a magazine spring will be in far better shape if you load it and sit in your Fo Locker for the next twenty years rather than loading and unloading every month. |
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Posted: 9/8/2010 9:43:59 AM EDT
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I had to replace a spring in a 1903 colt that had been loaed for 40+ years, it took a set and would not expand, so I rotate all those that don't chrome silicon springs aka Wolff
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Posted: 9/8/2010 10:02:22 AM EDT
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Given how mag prices have fallen and ammo prices have gone up, I couldn't load all of my magazines if I wanted to.
I have read that keeping them loaded is not a problem, but that cycling them is. So rotating mags is a bad idea if this is true. I have kept magazines loaded for a few year at a time, and they have still funcitoned fine when fired. |
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Posted: 9/8/2010 10:06:16 AM EDT
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Unloaded.
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Posted: 9/8/2010 2:41:26 PM EDT
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All my magazines are loaded unless in the process of being emptied at the range.
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Posted: 9/11/2010 3:43:02 PM EDT
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I load enough for a completely loaded rig. Anywhere from about 5 to 8, depending on the gun and the vest/belt setup.
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