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In the "for what it's worth" department
Last year I found a common GI magazine for my AR that I had loaded during Desert Storm. As best I can recall, that magazine was loaded sometime during June, 1991 when I escorted weapons from our deployment station to our home station. It got dropped in my duffle, then dropped in a filing cabinet where I keep duty leather gear. It's a 30 round magazine and it was loaded with 20 rounds of 5.56 GI ball ammo.
I found that magazine during May 2010 and used it during a law enforcement qualification in June 2010. I told the rangemaster that the magazine had been loaded for 19 years and I might need an alibi in case of a magazine malfunction. It ran without problems. That magazine has since been placed in the standard rotation. Same springs, same follower that it had during the Gulf war.
I don't think keeping them loaded hurts them a bit.
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