Just to reassure you, my grandpa brought back a Browning Hi Power from WW2. He wasn't much of a shooter, especially handguns. Probably only put a couple magazines through it and then left it loaded. Springs are still fine. I'd say that the last time that gun had any rounds through it was in the 50s.
The springs will wear from use, not just from being compressed.
Hi All - I have what may be a noob question but will keeping a magazine loaded over an extended period of time compress the spring such that the upward pressure on the last rounds in the mag becomes low and thereby negatively effect chambering? Just wondering
I rotate my mags, I have them for 4 months loaded, then I unload the mags, & load the other mags [STRIKE]: yesway :[/STRIKE]
springs do loose their tension over time in a compressed state, due to work harding. You may not notice it but they do.
Spring steel is worn out during USE. Not by sitting compressed.
No, it doesn't.
Not with modern spring steel in modern magazines.
They don't "take a set". If you over-stress them, they certainly can. But not during normal loading levels.
Spring steel is worn out during USE. Not by sitting compressed.
-J-
That being said, last time I was out to the range, I brought my G19 and G26 along with some 15 round Korean manufactured KCI mags. One of these had been fully loaded with 15 rounds and left for approximately 4-5 months. That was the only mag I had problems with that day. None of the other Korean mags gave me any trouble, nor did the 10 round G26 mag.
From now on, I will only be buying Glock factory mags.