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Originally Posted by telekinetic
Locked back, and in the safe.
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Like Walt, I'm also curious why.
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Originally Posted by Plan9
According to the various "studies" * conducted on magazine springs:
Compression doesn't ruin springs, repeated compression ruins them.**
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Those studies may not directly translate, since most mag springs are coil, and most pistol recoil springs are flat. See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creep_(deformation)
I'm not one of the people who thinks they need to swap out their mags every 2 weeks to prevent spring damage, but I don't see the point in keeping a spring compressed if I don't have to.