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Old 04-09-2011, 11:12 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by telekinetic View Post
Locked back, and in the safe.
Like Walt, I'm also curious why.

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Originally Posted by Plan9 View Post
According to the various "studies" * conducted on magazine springs:

Compression doesn't ruin springs, repeated compression ruins them.**
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.
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