Posted: 3/7/2016 12:46:34 AM EDT
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I have around 40 pmags that have been loaded and stored in a couple ammo cans with dust covers on for 4 years. What should I do with them? |
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Whatever bro. They keep the dust out of my clips. Quoted:
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They are not dust covers. I believe they were designed to take some of the pressure off the plastic feed lips, but everyone calls them dustcovers. |
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Keep em loaded until you can replace what you shot. Noting will happem. Your grandkids can shoot the mags you loaded just fine I want to say S&W had an article years ago that I've never been able to find, that said the same thing....load them and forget them. You are not wearing out the spring. |
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I believe they were designed to take some of the pressure off the plastic feed lips, but everyone calls them dustcovers. Quoted:
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They are not dust covers. I believe they were designed to take some of the pressure off the plastic feed lips, but everyone calls them dustcovers. Someone ought to tell Magpul to stop misleading their customers by calling the dust covers that they manufacture, dust covers. https://www.magpul.com/products/pmag-impact-dust-cover-ar-m4-gen-m2-moe |
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I want to say S&W had an article years ago that I've never been able to find, that said the same thing....load them and forget them. You are not wearing out the spring. Quoted:
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Keep em loaded until you can replace what you shot. Noting will happem. Your grandkids can shoot the mags you loaded just fine I want to say S&W had an article years ago that I've never been able to find, that said the same thing....load them and forget them. You are not wearing out the spring. I've read the articles posted here many times about the science of springs and whether to keep mags loaded, unloaded, or rotate them, and the experts agree that rotating your mags weakens your springs the most, and that keeping them loaded or unloaded has the least effect. It's funny to me that S&W said this... my experience differed greatly from what the experts said. I bought a brand new S&W 459 in 1987, and I shot it a few times to get used to it. Since this was my primary carry weapon, I kept both mags loaded all the time. I didn't shoot the gun again until sometime between 1994 and 1999, and after I shot about 2 or 3 rounds at the most, the springs in BOTH mags did not have enough life left in them to push the next round to the top of the magazine. |