For those of you that keep your magazines loaded for any lenght of time do you see any issues with spring fatigue? Do you limit the number of rounds in the mag, for example if it holds 10 rounds do you fully load it or maybe put in 7?
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why would i go out and buy a 10 rd mag and only load 7?for example if it holds 10 rounds do you fully load it or maybe put in 7?
Looking at long term storage of a loaded magazine, not sure if you didn't understand the question or were just looking to be funny or something which it was neither. One could assume more tension on a spring would cause fatigue sooner. That's what I'm looking to find out from people that actually do thiswhy would i go out and buy a 10 rd mag and only load 7?
Looking at long term storage of a loaded magazine, not sure if you didn't understand the question or were just looking to be funny or something which it was neither. One could assume more tension on a spring would cause fatigue sooner. That's what I'm looking to find out from people that actually do this
You've gotten several consistent answers. Unless your questions have changed, I'd say you should feel comfortable loading your mags fully and leaving them until go time.
Which ought to be around Friday? Maybe Saturday?
Me, I store the lion's share of my 7.62x39 in... magazines. For years. I've got no qualms about doing it and no fear they won't feed when I need them to.
Looking at long term storage of a loaded magazine, not sure if you didn't understand the question or were just looking to be funny or something which it was neither. One could assume more tension on a spring would cause fatigue sooner. That's what I'm looking to find out from people that actually do this
For those of you that keep your magazines loaded for any lenght of time do you see any issues with spring fatigue? Do you limit the number of rounds in the mag, for example if it holds 10 rounds do you fully load it or maybe put in 7?
Looking at long term storage of a loaded magazine, not sure if you didn't understand the question or were just looking to be funny or something which it was neither. One could assume more tension on a spring would cause fatigue sooner. That's what I'm looking to find out from people that actually do this
Looking at long term storage of a loaded magazine, not sure if you didn't understand the question or were just looking to be funny or something which it was neither. One could assume more tension on a spring would cause fatigue sooner. That's what I'm looking to find out from people that actually do this
This has been a topic for a long, long time. I finally found the answer a few years ago.
The answer is: it depends.
I had a lot of magazines loaded and they were stored for 7+ years. The cheap magazines were damaged from the tension. Feedlips were distorted, for example. Things that are very strong, like steel AK magazines wont and didn't have this issue. Things like cheap AR magazines did. I believe a few 92FS mags also had some problems, but those are notorious for having shitty springs in the 1st place.
A compressed spring shouldn't lose it's memory. That said not all magazine bodies are created equal.
It's safe to say though, that if the product in use isn't junk, leaving mags loaded won't matter.
-Mike
I'd say so for the majority of mags, yes. Just wanted to add that caveat. The AR mags were so damaged that they wouldn't even fit in the magwell, That's how I initially noticed there was an issue. I wish I kept the mags so I could see what brand there were.