Rotate Magazines

[MrBlue54]

It is my understanding that the spring in the magazine will develop memorary over time. Thus I think that I am going to rotate my magazines by leaving one empty for a week while the other two are loaded.
Thoughts?

 

[THard6]

do what you want.
leave them loaded for as long as you want, it won't hurt them

the search bar at the top of the page has more that enough threads about this...


https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/general_firearms_discussion/208425-keeping_mags_loaded.html
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...sion/194774-do_you_keep_your_mags_loaded.html
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/handguns/177637-storing_loaded_mags.html
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/general_firearms_discussion/172718-mags.html
https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/handguns/103401-keeping_rounds_in_the_magazine.html


there's a few, magic what a quick search can do!

 

[shibumiseeker]

https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/long_guns/240314-storing_loaded_mags.html

There's a discussion of this in the linked thread.

 

[24Carat]

I have 4 ea 40 rd mags for my Mini-14 and I keep two loaded for about 3 years and then switch them out.

 

[1371MARINE]

spring steel is just that, spring steel. it needs to be exercised. never leave a mag fully loaded for long periods. fill half or two thirds and rotate. especially carry mags

 

[ATM]

spring steel is just that, spring steel. it needs to be exercised. never leave a mag fully loaded for long periods. fill half or two thirds and rotate. especially carry mags

Not true, but certainly a popular myth in the gun culture.

This exercising which you are suggesting is actually what wears springs out, not leaving them under tension.

 

[UncleMike]

I have thirty 20 round AR mags that I fully loaded in 1976.
Every year for the past ten years I pick one at random and fire it dry as fast as I can.
I've never had a failure to feed, function, or fire.

 

[Mosinguy]

Only badly heat treated mag springs will do that. Magazine springs from a quality manufacturer will very rarely have that problem.

 

[SIGnature45]

Not true, but certainly a popular myth in the gun culture.

This exercising which you are suggesting is actually what wears springs out, not leaving them under tension.

Seems like you know what you are talking about, but for some reason my instinct tells me this is hard to believe. Just based on common sense but I have nothing to back it up

 

[THard6]

Seems like you know what you are talking about, but for some reason my instinct tells me this is hard to believe. Just based on common sense but I have nothing to back it up

go get you a pop can,
open it up and move the tab as if you're opening and closing it,
when said task has been completed please return with a report!
I'll be waiting.

that's just an EXAMPLE.

 

[GunGunDin]

According to common sense heavier than air flight should be imposible

 

[shibumiseeker]

"Common sense gun laws."

See how silly that sounds?

 

[TRWXXA]

Not true, but certainly a popular myth in the gun culture.

This exercising which you are suggesting is actually what wears springs out, not leaving them under tension.

You mean "under compression". Tension is when you pull on something.

 

[ATM]

You mean "under compression". Tension is when you pull on something.

Indeed, duly noted.

 

[Burnsy]

spring steel is just that, spring steel. it needs to be exercised. never leave a mag fully loaded for long periods. fill half or two thirds and rotate. especially carry mags

Please stop spreading misinformation. This includes recommending that someone carry a half loaded mag around...

 

[U.S. Patriot]

Some mag springs are junk and not to proper tensile strength. Yes, mag springs will set to a certain length over time, they are designed too. Keeping mags loaded should not weaken the spring, if they use quality springs. It's compression and decompression that wears springs out.

 

[LarryC]

spring steel is just that, spring steel. it needs to be exercised. never leave a mag fully loaded for long periods. fill half or two thirds and rotate. especially carry mags

Totally wrong! If that were the fact every car in the junk yard would be sitting on the ground. Springs only deteriorate / break from "Flexing" or rust/corrosion, not when loaded in normal design position, PERIOD. I am a retired Engineer and can cite many proofs of this fact.

 

[HoughMade]

Mag springs fatigue from loading and unloading, not from sitting loaded or empty.

 

[chraland51]

Well now I am confused about magazine springs since there did not seem to be any conclusion to this discussion. To add to my confusion, I think that I will go immediately after work to one of the Gander Mountain firearms section salesmen and ask him if the 7.62 Nato is the same as a .308 and the .223 is the same as the 5.45x whatever. When they try to tell me yes, my day will be complete.

 

[Birds Away]

Well now I am confused about magazine springs since there did not seem to be any conclusion to this discussion. To add to my confusion, I think that I will go immediately after work to one of the Gander Mountain firearms section salesmen and ask him if the 7.62 Nato is the same as a .308 and the .223 is the same as the 5.45x whatever. When they try to tell me yes, my day will be complete.

Cool, Gander Mountain gun clerks are my go to guys for firearms information. Just the other day I learned that you don't need an LTCH to open carry in Indiana. Huh, imagine that.