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June 13, 2012, 12:44 PM | #26 |
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What another poster stated, you should be fine with leaving them loaded as springs do not weaken from static loads, only with use. I don't personally keep my rifles loaded, but I would have no contention with doing so. I keep my SD handguns loaded to the hilt, as well as my 12 gauge. I don't see why my rifles, or for that matter, any and all of my magazines, should be babied. I have magazines that are probably 50 years old here that still run tops. I guess, load your guns how they were meant to be loaded. Completely.
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June 14, 2012, 07:50 AM | #28 |
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I used to think it was implausible that laving a clip/magazine loaded would cause problems. Obviously a self defense gun would be useless if when you pulled it out you had to load the magazine, slap it in your gun and then use. My local gun dealer who also taught the CCL firearms safety course I took says that leaving a magazine full too long will induce failure. He tells of the numerous times he had to fix magazines that had been loaded too long.
His solution is to leave them loaded but go out and shoot at least once a month to empty the magazine and then reload. Personally, I think it probably is only a problem when someone loads a magazine and keeps it in the gun in storage for years and never use it but I'm no expert. Everything I know is what I have been told or I have read on the internet. |
June 14, 2012, 10:14 PM | #29 |
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My father gave me an ammo can "full" of WW II bringbacks. Probably had been in storage over forty years. A Lilliput .25; Luger, P-38, a couple of 1920s Mauser and Walther .32s, a GI .45 and a Radom.
All the mags were loaded. I went out on the back porch and test-fired all of them. No malfunctions of any sort. The only thing I've ever noticed about full mags is that some mags in some rifles don't do well in feeding the first round. But that's a manufacturing dimensional problem in the magazine, not a spring problem. |
June 15, 2012, 05:28 PM | #30 |
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Well, I just bought 2 of the 30 round Magpul mags....so I'll be 'testing' the theory...lol.
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June 16, 2012, 09:34 AM | #31 |
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i too am very picky about nomenclature.
here is an M1 Garand clip here is an M16 magazine . keeping magazines loaded is not a problem, i have several different "guns" that require magazines, i have well over 100 fully loaded mags at ALL times, some 30 rounders have been fully loaded for close to 15 years. |
June 16, 2012, 09:48 AM | #32 |
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Sure, I keep clips loaded all the time just like we do in .mil for 5.56mm. I keep 10 rounds per clip, 12 clips and a loading spoon per bandioleer, 7 bandioleers per ammo can, 2 ammo cans per crate.
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June 16, 2012, 11:24 PM | #33 |
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I really don't know why, but I've always prefered the 20rnd AR clips over the 30's. I try to keep one or two around with 10-15rnds in them. Pistol clips- I usually only keep my HD and carry mags loaded. They're full up, no problems so far.
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June 17, 2012, 09:36 AM | #34 |
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I have both 20 and 30 round clips for my Mini's, but I like the 20's best. It seems the rifle is easier to manuver around with the 20 shot. Plus, I admit, I bought some bad 30 round clips that refuse to feed the last 5 or 6 rounds. My 20's are Ruger made, my 30's, who knows?
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June 17, 2012, 12:28 PM | #35 |
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I have 100 pmags loaded and stored for a rainy day. I have had no problems with them.
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June 17, 2012, 04:32 PM | #37 |
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Clips? no problem, just a metal stripper clip, theres no tension on those.
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June 18, 2012, 12:01 PM | #38 |
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SORRY, I meant magazines. But you have to admit, a lot of people call Magazines Clips. I did look on the box my last magazine came in and it did say '30 shot magazine'. They say it takes 2 weeks to start a new habit and make it stick, so 2 weeks from now I'll be yelling "who took my 20 shot magazine"
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When I said clips, I meant clips. I personally think it's silly to nitpick common terms. Where is everyone that should be yelling "Refridgerator!" when I call that thing in my kitchen an "ice box"? Fellow Veterans- how many of you said "Top" for "First Shirt" instead of "First Sergeant"? "Prick77" instead of "PRC-77"? Our oath was to defend the Constitution, and I personally don't care to have my 1st Ammendment rights dinged for which words I choose to employ. Lets find something else to get all bent out of whack over already.
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Aw, probably oughta quit worrying about clip vs. magazine and go read up on the metallurgy of spring steel and what it's all about. Saves lots of anecdotal non-data.
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