Again, there is not a clear consensus in the industry. However, Wolff Gunsprings , a company well known for manufacturing a wide variety of springs for the firearms industry has a slightly different take. These are designed to hold more rounds with less spring material often in the same space. This puts more stress on the spring and will cause it to fatigue at a faster rate. Unloading these magazines a round or two will help the life of the spring.
Magazines and magazine springs wear out. De-formed followers, bad ammunition, problematic firearms, and user error are more often to blame for frequent malfunctions than worn magazine springs. The best way to avoid any of these issues is to keep a regular maintenance schedule and carefully clean and inspect both your magazines and firearms.
Or just buy a revolver. Over time the spring will wear out, and your weapon could malfunction, which is the last thing you need in an emergency. What to do? Is this advice grounded in myth or cold hard fact? There are many that disagree to the loaded-magazine conundrum. In theory, the spring should not wear out while being compressed if the spring material does not pass its yield point. A compressed spring holds more potential energy than a relaxed one, but with no other forces acting on it, the potential energy should never diminish.
The spring should discharge equally well tomorrow as ten years from now. Some of the data bears this out. Magazines that have been loaded for decades have then discharged without a hitch. The problem lies in unpredictable factors. Different manufacturers use different materials and processes to make springs.
The loaded magazine could be exposed to contaminates, moisture, corrosion, or bad ammunition. Stress-strain cycles play a major role in spring wear , however, parts designed with ferrous metals like most steels generally have lifetimes in the millions of cycles and fail by different modes long before the lifetime is reached.
From my understanding of metallurgy the spring wears out from use. Meaning you fully load and shoot the magazine empty a times a day for a year it would wear out. The mag is still darn near impossible to load just using your fingers to compress the spring. BTW rounds through and never a failure of any type…great gun!
By the time I finished reading the article I was stunned. I got so sick and tired of A vs. This is the exact method I came up with about 4 years ago and if I told anyone they though I was full of it.
I have been wondering about this for years. I plan on keeping my night stand weapon Ruger P89 loaded to -2 rounds. I keep one round in the chamber but, with the weapon de-cocked. I use 9mm hollow point ammo….
Is this the same with pump action shotguns? I usually keep three rounds in the magazine but, none in the chamber. Jacking a round into the chamber is almost instantaneous. I use 4 buckshot as my standard round…. I also have a gauge double and a 38 Special revolver in various home locations. I am a very tall guy and keep the double in a rack inside and right above the coat closet door.
I can reach it easily. I keep two shells in the gun but, do not have the double fully closed. Reaching to get the shotgun and bringing it into action is a split second evolution. According to James Yeager of tactical response magazines should be stored loaded. It is the cycle of loading and unloading that weakens the springs. I think your method is appropriate.
I did a lot of research and came to the same conclusion. I too rotate loaded mags, i only let mine set a week or two at best, empty them and reload mags that have been empty allowing the mag springs to rest for a while. I have gone months even with wilson mags in my custom s and still never have issues. Love the articles. New research has concluded that one can load all of ones magazines completely full and store them away for whatever amount of time one decides without any weak spring issues.
Issues with magazine springs becoming weak involve repetitive loading and unloading of the magazines. Load them up, put them away. No problems. I found some surface rust but I wiped it off with a lightly oiled rag. I cleaned the the inside of the mag out which also had some surface rust. I do this about every 3 months and there fine. The tension seems OK but I need to go to the range soon and see how they do. He went to the range and all the mags functioned fine, they fed normally with no malfunctions.
Survival With A Punk Attitude! I rotate my magazines, half full, half empty. I keep my mags loaded, just like my guns. Best compromise. I use 9mm hollow point ammo… Is this the same with pump action shotguns? I use 4 buckshot as my standard round… I also have a gauge double and a 38 Special revolver in various home locations. BTW: I have no kids nor ant friends or family that has kids…. Sounds to me like a perfect solution.
Do you have a link I can read on this?
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