Clip springs

[SDBlaster]

Someone told me that storing 10rounds in my magazines (edit) (for my 9mm glock) will make the springs weak in the magazines and that I should store the mags w 7 shots instead so that the spring doesnt stay compressed and create misfeeds. Is that stupid, bs, or correct?

[OliveDrab]

Before someone rips your head off about this, their magazines not clips.

Okay people he's been told no need for repetitious mockery.

OP- springs don't go weak by being stored collapsed, they go weak by constant collapse, rest, collapse, rest.

Hope that clears it up.
-OD

[SDBlaster]

Thanks for the info..

[cmace22]

Before someone rips your head off about this, their magazines not clips.

Okay people he's been told no need for repetitious mockery.

OP- springs don't go weak by being stored collapsed, they go weak by constant collapse, rest, collapse, rest.

Hope that clears it up.
-OD

Since we are correcting people, its they're (they are) lol.

Storing doesnt weaken springs, it the cycling from loaded to unloaded that wears on them.

[Trapper]

When I joined the military it was standard practice to load 1911 mags with only six rounds to extend the life of the springs. Our mags were loaded and unloaded every time we turned over the watch and magazines were kept in use until they failed. Some people still cling to the idea that reliability is decreased when mags are kept loaded but I haven't found this to be true.
Glock magazines are inexpensive and extra power springs are available if your factory springs begin to feel weak.

[XDRoX]

Since we are correcting people, its they're (they are) lol.

Ya OD, if you're going to correct someone at least watch your spelling

And by the way I call them clips and according to the current definition on the NRA's site, it is correct to call them clips.

A device for holding a group of cartridges. Semantic wars have been fought over the word, with some insisting it is not a synonym for "detachable magazine." For 80 years, however, it has been so used by manufacturers and the military. There is no argument that it can also mean a separate device for holding and transferring a group of cartridges to a fixed or detachable magazine or as a device inserted with cartridges into the mechanism of a firearm becoming, in effect, part of that mechanism.

[HighLander51]

current definition on the NRA's site, it is correct.

Uh, no. A clip is a device for loading a magazine, like a stripper clip to load an SKS magazine, or an inserted clip to load a Garrand, or moon clips to load revolvers, or machine gun link belts (individual clips). You cannot fire any weapon directly from the clip without first inserting it into the magazine.

[bwhited]

A magazine is an ammo loading device whereas a clip only holds ammo.
So a clip needs another device to load the ammo into the firing position.

[stix213]

Someone told me that storing 10rounds in my magazines (edit) (for my 9mm glock) will make the springs weak in the magazines and that I should store the mags w 7 shots instead so that the spring doesnt stay compressed and create misfeeds. Is that stupid, bs, or correct?

The internet forum warrior group think wisdom I've heard endlessly is that the springs weaken from repeated compression and release, such as loading and unloading, and they do not generally weaken when left loaded. Not sure how much stock I put into that answer though.

[XDRoX]

The internet forum warrior group think wisdom I've heard endlessly is that the springs weaken from repeated compression and release, such as loading and unloading, and they do not generally weaken when left loaded. Not sure how much stock I put into that answer though.

It's easy to try. Just load a clip and leave it for a week. Take another clip and work the spring with a dowel a few hundred times each night of the week. You'll notice the difference immediately at the end of the week. The clip that had the rounds in it but sat for a week will still feel brand new, the clip that got worked will not feel so brand new. Clip.



Clip.




Clip

[IllTemperedCur]

Don't worry about your mag springs, because you should probably be swapping all the springs in your main defensive guns annually anyway. You ARE swapping springs annually, RIGHT??????

(full disclosure: I know I should be doing the same, but I tend to let things ride when I shouldn't. Just did a spring swap in Jan.....after almost 2 years)

Springs are cheap, life is expensive.

[451040]

Springs are cheap ...

+1 - http://www.gunsprings.com/

[Baconator]

This thread is funny, my friends.

[Munk]

This thread is funny, my friends.

indeed.


Also to the OP: If you want to edit the title, hit Edit: then hit Edit again to go to the fully advanced version. This way you can keep the clip-nazis at bay.

[sanjosebmx]

Before someone rips your head off about this, their magazines not clips.


-OD

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