2007-09-04 20:35:04 · 7 answers · asked by j d 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
OK for the people that can not read....
I did not say anything about a firearm..
A MAGAZINE.......
2007-09-04 20:49:47 · update #1
Thanks Mute for that answer....
I have been testing myself...
AR-15 mags I am up to 1yr..
Colt Goverment 380 mags loaded for 19yrs and no problems.......
2007-09-04 21:00:53 · update #2
Great Answers guys!!!!!!!
Thanks!!!!!
2007-09-05 06:38:53 · update #3
Well I have heard that rumour and it has been my experience that magazines can be loaded for years without damage to them. Maybe I'm just lucky though. Plus I think if damage is possible it would depend on the calibre of the round and the quality of the magazine. My experience is with good quality magazines for a .233 AR-15 and a newer model Colt .45 1911. Now before someone gets the wrong idea about what I just said as happened with the first answer. I do not keep a loaded firearm. It is just the magazine taken out of the firearm that is being asked about. A gun theoretically doesn't even have to exist in relation to what the original question asks.
2007-09-04 20:56:53 · answer #1 · answered by mute8s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Years ago Magazine springs had a tendency to collapse and lose their "memory". This is defined when you have a magazine that is loaded and left that way for extended periods of time, and the magazine remains in a "compressed position"and the springs don't have enough spring to properly load the cartridges into a gun.. Technology today as well as new heat treatments and chemical coatings make this situation a thing of the past. It just doesn't happen, but rarely anymore. I have had Colt AR-15 magazines that have been loaded and stored for over 14+ years yet never had any functioning problem.Same situation with Beretta, Colt, Sig Sauer and Walther Pistols..NEVER a problem. I have had problems with Taurus magazines in the past but modern/updated replacement springs took care of those issues too. With modern manufacturing processes this being a problem should be gone for good....
2007-09-05 10:19:13 · answer #2 · answered by JD 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This depends on the quality of the steel used to make the springs inside the magazine. Glock and other quality gun manufacturers claim that their factory magazines can be kept loaded for extended periods of time without fear of the mag springs taking on a "set" condition, that is, frozen in that compressed condition.
2007-09-05 06:37:09 · answer #3 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I purchased a colt 45 acp from a friend whose father passed away recently. It had a full magazine of shells and had been wrapped in a rag in his desk drawer since he returned from WW I in 1918. I checked it and test fired it; the magazine and shells from 1918 worked just fine. I would say that you could probably leave them sitting around for at least 90 years.
2007-09-05 10:19:58 · answer #4 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Springs are rarely damaged when a constant sustained force is put on them. What will affect the springs life span is fluctuation. So how often you shoot out of that magazine and how often it is loaded and unloaded I would think have more impact on it's life, not age.
2007-09-05 06:36:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good Q. I would have to say years. Springs are in everything cars, pens etc. You hardly ever see a broken spring. They usually break from being used to much. It might loose some rebound but not enough to effect its operation.
2007-09-05 04:48:40 · answer #6 · answered by Garfield 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously you haven't taken any gun safety classes..
NEVER leave it loaded!!!
2007-09-05 03:43:03 · answer #7 · answered by Bama 5 · 0⤊ 12⤋