2007-09-27 05:31:37 · 12 answers · asked by Rob 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
This point has been argued alot. But to be on the safe side. I always load my mags -1. Keeping them fully loaded has been tested and the springs weakened a little bit quicker
2007-09-27 14:03:37 · answer #1 · answered by Dustin W 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I imagine it depends on the magazine and how full it is. The M-16 mags are tested for spring tension periodically and I know that when we recieved bandoliers in the field that they have been pre-loaded for at least a year, some clips had rounds in them that had head stamps from the early 70s but no telling when the clips were loaded with these rounds.
Along those lines though, last year my son found a rotary mag for a 10/22 that had been fully loaded and was behind the wall in our basement. This wasn't one of my mags!! We moved into the house in 97 so it was from before we moved in. We took it out, and shot it with the ammo that was in it, and all ten rounds shot fine and I have used it at least a dozen time since then with no problems at all.
2007-09-27 06:56:14 · answer #2 · answered by smf_hi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently acquired a 1911 45 that had a full magazine of shells; it had been loaded and placed in a rag in a desk drawer in 1919 when its owner returned from france. His grandson sold it to me; I checked it over and took it out and fired the seven rounds in the mag. After almost 90 years both the spring and ammo seemed perfectly okay. Don't know if this helps answer your question but it made me realize I don't have to worry about some of my pistols I leave loaded for months at a time.
2007-09-27 09:21:46 · answer #3 · answered by acmeraven 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe it varies, depending on the number of bullets held by the mag, caliber (size), whether the mag is fully filled, quality of the hardware, etc. I have an M-1 carbine and my higher-quality, govt-issue 15-round mags have been loaded and unfired for months with no ill effect, yet an "after-market" 30-round mag with only 10 rounds in it seemed to lose spring elasticity after only a week or so. As a general rule I would recommend only having one or two mags filled and kept around for self-defense purposes, and storing the others empty until use. A loading device that makes it easy to load and unload mags quickly is a good thing to have around, too.
2007-09-27 05:46:55 · answer #4 · answered by Dont Call Me Dude 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some say that the new alloys used in making springs will not take a set. Personally, I don't believe it. I have several clips for my 1911 that I use for a carry gun and I rotate them about every week or two. I feel that this keeps the springs from becoming weak and causing feeding problems. The springs are readily available from places like Brownell's and can be easily replaced if they ever do become weak. I keep a couple on hand just for this purpose.
2007-09-27 06:35:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
That would directly depend on the quality of the magazine involved, and what gun magazine you are talking about. What caliber ? ammunition?Original or after-market? Most of your "Better" quality magazines you can replace the magazine spring inexpensively if they go bad or lose "memory". I've had magazines "full" for several years with no problems (AR-15,Beretta 92,Browning HiPower etc) and others that the springs were of poor quality and they were no good after just being stored a few months loaded.
2007-09-27 05:38:32 · answer #6 · answered by JD 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have read where someone took an untouched, fully-loaded World War II .45 to the range...
they cleaned the pistol but left the loaded magazine alone:
it worked fine, both the ammo and the magazine.
2007-09-27 07:14:35 · answer #7 · answered by sirbobby98121 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're taking your rounds out far extra many times than i do... i'm uncertain what the innovations are, yet i've got in no way had any problems with rounds not feeding suited because of the fact of spring injury through prolonged compression in a kimber extremely carry or my savage .17 hmr.... those 2 are loaded in any respect circumstances till i'm shooting..... perhaps as quickly as a month or much less.
2016-10-20 03:40:01 · answer #8 · answered by carvajal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave them as long as you want. You won't see any measurable difference in your lifetime, if ever. Steel springs do not "take a set".
2007-09-27 16:27:14 · answer #9 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
i have no idea i have several that have not failed yet and i keep them loaded been about 9 years now for some and they still work
2007-09-27 07:14:41 · answer #10 · answered by crazy_devil_dan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋