TangoFoxtrot
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Do you folks keep your mags loaded or unloaded in storage.
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BillyJack2012
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Loaded with 20 rounds in my 30 round mags. Always.
ZeroTolerance6
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Unloaded, as this is not one of my home defense weapons.
Arik
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Most of them loaded
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cyphertext
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Magazines are stored loaded so I can just grab and go when it is range time.
CBR240
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Same here. Also, I really enjoy loading mags the night before I go shooting. And that lets me pick loads and mags based on what type of shooting I anticipate doing the next day. I guess if you keep all mags loaded and use a single load that is not an issue. But then what would I do on Friday nights?
storeyteller
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About half-n-half
MPDC
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Loaded because it about halves the storage space required compared to seperate ammo and mags.
Of course, I have alot of mags.
Springs wear from travel NOT compression and PMags with the caps on don't seem to suffer from the stress of spring tension pushing up.
Of course, I have alot of mags.
Springs wear from travel NOT compression and PMags with the caps on don't seem to suffer from the stress of spring tension pushing up.
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The mags for my carry .45 are loaded, NATCH. That is one in the gun and a couple of reserves.
As I have 3 AR clones in the safe I do tend to keep 25 rounds in one (30) mag loaded and on a shelf in the safe.
As I have 3 AR clones in the safe I do tend to keep 25 rounds in one (30) mag loaded and on a shelf in the safe.
about half and half myself plus labeled with what they are loaded with, but I dont leave them loaded to the max 25 in a 30 15 in a 20 7 in a 10. It does cut down on the number of storage boxes I have to buy and the mags take up the same space loaded or not!
I do keep my pistol mags loaded 2 rounds shy of max, they are my primary home defense, the Sporting Rifles are used for predator control for our poultry and goats and calves. So I keep mags I can grab when I hear the fowl starting to raise cain!!!
I do keep my pistol mags loaded 2 rounds shy of max, they are my primary home defense, the Sporting Rifles are used for predator control for our poultry and goats and calves. So I keep mags I can grab when I hear the fowl starting to raise cain!!!
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805moparkid
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Loaded because it about halves the storage space required compared to seperate ammo and mags.
Of course, I have alot of mags.
Springs wear from travel NOT compression and PMags with the caps on don't seem to suffer from the stress of spring tension pushing up.
not true... you can let a car sit with stiff valve springs and the cylinders with either open intakes or ext will be toast... not saying over night or even a month but this happens over winter season all the time on drag cars... why alot of guys change springs every season...
Arik
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But then what would I do on Friday nights?
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Drag cars are not regular cars. We have cars sit for years. Drain the tank, re fill, change battery, overall check and they are good to go.
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Four 30 round mags. Load three with 25 rounds each. Leave one empty.
Swap the empty one every thirty days.
Sounds good anyway.
Four 30 round mags. Load three with 25 rounds each. Leave one empty.
Swap the empty one every thirty days.
Sounds good anyway.
MPDC
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Not the same thing. Valve springs suffer most of their wear from high RPM compression AND decompression, thus causing steel fatigue. Mags will hold their spring tension compressed for many years if not indefinitely. There may be a limit but your ammo would probably deteriorate before quality steel mag springs.
I should add, mag springs are made so that a certain amount of tension will be lost over time. However, not enough to effect function . Once the initial, small loss of tension is achieved, further deterioration is almost nil. This is taken into account by manufacturers of quality springs and is why they become a bit easier to load over time.
Fatigue is caused by cycling NOT storage so don't worry about it.
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MichiganScott
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Self and home defense guns are kept fully loaded with one reload handy. All other mags are empty.
I'm a hard core handloader. If my mags other than mentioned above were loaded, I'd probably have no idea whether or not the mags contained a proven match grade load or an unproven squib. Few things in life worse than hearing a pop when you expect, or need, a bang.
I'm a hard core handloader. If my mags other than mentioned above were loaded, I'd probably have no idea whether or not the mags contained a proven match grade load or an unproven squib. Few things in life worse than hearing a pop when you expect, or need, a bang.
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TangoFoxtrot
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Yeah I download by two rounds in all my mags even p-mags...LOL old school I guess.
JaPes
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I keep a couple mags for my primary HD firearm topped off. Otherwise magazines are empty.
Maddmax
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We're not running top fuel and storing our weapons outside in the winter or burning out the clutches after every run. I keep enough topped off and the rest empty. I shoot off the full ones,rotate and load the other mags. All mags are numbered for any problems and makes it easier to rotate.
