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Originally Posted by citadel
Like Walt, I'm also curious why.
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. |
All of my recoil springs are coils. Recoil springs are cheap anyways--due to an upgrade and a 'maintenance downtime elimination' spare parts buy, I actually have spares for both of the semi auto pistols currently in my safe. And I do it for the pragmatic reason that if a gun isn't obviously unloaded, it's loaded and chambered. I only have one safe at the moment, otherwise I'd have a storage safe and a 'ready' safe. Revolvers get their cylinder's propped open if they're unloaded.
The other reason is my wife can open the safe when I'm not home and pull out any gun without the cylinder open or the slide locked and use it without having to brass check. She knows this. Sure, she *should* check (and as guns go in and out of the safe from trades and acquisitions, she may not have fired them all), but if she doesn't have time, she doesn't have to.