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To load or Not to Load..The magazines
- Thread starter jfish
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I keep vast quantities of mags loaded.
An unloaded magazine is nearly as useless as an unloaded gun.
Hooked On Quack
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I think the OP is referring to long term ???
Stroker
Senior Member
For the ones I always keep loaded I do this, my four night stand 17 rounders get fifteen, 6 feet away the ten 30 rounders get 25.
BriarPatch99
Senior Member
I have always been told that compression of a spring does not wear out a spring ... but repetitive compressing does ...
wareagle700
Senior Member
Anything that gets shot or carried on a regular basis has plenty of loaded mags ready to go. I don't keep all of my mags loaded though, lots of them are boxed up and in the original packaging for a rainy day......or whatever it is we are supposed to be prepping for.
I've had some mags loaded for over 10 years and they are still good to go. With most magazines, there aren't any issues with keeping them loaded.
I've had some mags loaded for over 10 years and they are still good to go. With most magazines, there aren't any issues with keeping them loaded.
Bob Wallace
Senior Member
This is exactly right.
Dub
Senior Member
Any gun that is being used for home defense has a sufficient number of magazines that are left loaded. They get rotated out on range sessions over time.
Any gun that is storage in a gun safe has magazines left unloaded.
Any gun that is storage in a gun safe has magazines left unloaded.
jmoser
Senior Member
A properly designed and manufactured spring can be compressed indefinitely without any deterioration.
Fatigue can occur after many thousands of cycles.
Steel is a wonderfully elastic material.
Fatigue can occur after many thousands of cycles.
Steel is a wonderfully elastic material.
