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10/27/2002 7:43:33 AM EDT
Is there anything wrong with keeping your mags fully loaded and stored for long periods of time?
10/27/2002 7:53:18 AM EDT
[#1]
No.
10/27/2002 8:16:19 AM EDT
[#2]
Yes, you should take them to the range and properly "unload" them onece in awhile.  Then load them back up for the next trip.
10/27/2002 8:45:24 AM EDT
[#3]
Oh thats a definite yes:)
10/27/2002 9:51:09 AM EDT
[#4]
There are several users here who have recovered Vietnam-era USGI mags that were fully loaded and stored in the late 60s/early 70s and found 25-30 years later.  In all cases, the mags worked perfectly and continue to work fine.

In general, any FACTORY mag or any MILITARY-ISSUE mag (you could probably make exceptions regarding some 3rd world countries, though) will have springs of the proper design, using the proper materials and heat treating, so that being stored loaded to full capacity will not be a problem.

On the other hand, spring quality and design is one of the favorite places for AFTERMARKET manufacturers to save money.  Why?  Because it usually isn't easy to tell by looking if the spring is properly designed and made or not.  And they know it probably won't even occur to you to think about that when you are "saving money" by buying their mags.  And by the time you discover a problem, the mags will be used, and you'll probably just accept it and move on.

What I'm saying is: when you pay extra for real factory and/or military mags, you ARE getting your money's worth.  It may just take time to figure that out.

-Troy
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