Mag storage: full or empty?

[EWastigmatism]

I have heard both answers. What say you store empty or full? My feelings is that full is fine. Except for perhaps blocked mags.

[EWastigmatism]

Storing mags: full or empty?

I have heard both answers. What say you store empty or full? My feelings is that full is fine. Except for perhaps blocked mags

I have posted the same question in handguns.

[OCEquestrian]

I have heard both answers. What say you store empty or full? My feelings is that full is fine. Except for perhaps blocked mags.

Full is fine for go to mags. I would rotate mags every few months. For normal storage should be empty. I suggest having extra mag springs in your parts inventory...https://www.gunsprings.com/

[LongLiveTheRepublic]

The spring doesn't go bad from being compressed, it goes bad from being compressed and decompressed i.e. being used. There was a YouTube video about it by ShadeTree Armorer check it out.

[Red9]

'A Empty mag is a useless mag'
Jmho

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[BucDan]

If it has metal feed lips, keep the mag full. Else leave it empty.

[NorCalGlock9]

The only reason they shouldn’t be full is if you’re out of ammo

[rodralig]

Each of my HD (home defense) pistols are loaded to full standard capacity in the magazine + one in the chamber. And have two (2) EXTRA magazines loaded FULL.

As OCEquestrian mentioned, be sure of have spare springs on hand and regularly check them...


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[Dano3467]

Always filled... P-mags need the dust cover though, as they are plastic (feed lip) mags

[93chipper]

Full for new guns or repro mags old guns with original mags I keep empty

[AlHO1966]

There is no reason to leave you mags empty. Compressing the spring doesn’t hurt it.

[wpage]

Always full...

[plumbum]

I leave all my magazines empty, and I also keep all my vehicles gas tanks completely empty and my refrigerator is empty too...

[LateBraking]

[OCEquestrian]

'A Empty mag is a useless mag'
Jmho

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I guess you dont have a lot of mags...