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loaded clips

joey442joey442 Member Posts: 20 ✭✭
edited April 2004 in Ask the Experts
Hello, I just bought afew weeks ago a Firestorm Mini 45. I just loaded up the 7 round clip. Can I put it away like this or will it damage the clip? Great Site Joe LEva

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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can put it away like that. Some say to relax the spring once in awhile so it doesn't "set". Personally I load my mags and leave them loaded.

    Plenty of mags loaded 50 years or more have functioned flawlessly when inserted into a weapon, as many on here will tell you.

    I don't believe I have ever heard a story of a long loaded mag that failed to function. So much for the "set" set!

    Good luck!

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  • HangfireHangfire Member Posts: 3,010 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've actually heard that loading and unloading will stress the spring more.I leave all my extras loaded.

    Love them Pre-64's!!!!-Bob

    Last summer I fired to GI 45 mags I loaded in about 1962. Worked perfect.I know anecdotal stories doen't prove a point, but it made me feel good!![8D]
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  • jsergovicjsergovic Member Posts: 5,526
    edited November -1
    I had the same question after purchasing a safe. I wanted to keep a mags full of self-defense loads always full, in varoius calibers.

    In addition, I've collected a number of mags for target practice, and like loading up all my mags after cleaning my piece, when I have the time. It makes the first 50 shots happen a whole lot quicker after arriving at my shooting destination (National Forest) .. SO ...

    Here is some C&P from a similar question I posted a while back:

    This particular response is, I believe, from TXS, an LEO:

    The often recommended practice of rotating loaded mags periodically is a fallacy and actually does more harm than good. To demonstrate this for yourself, purchase a factory new mag spring and keep it in your tool kit as a go/no-go gauge. Whenever you break your mags down for cleaning compare their springs length against this fresh spring. If you leave a mag fully loaded for a year or two and gauge it this way you'll see that it maintains it's uncompressed length better than the mags you've been loading and unloading frequently.

    This is the same basic procedure I use when conducting periodic LEO firearms inspections. If I find a mag spring that's more then a couple of coils shorter than my gauge spring I replace it. There's no room for guesswork when dealing with firearms used for defensive purposes and springs are cheap.
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