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by The Annoyed Man
Sun May 14, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: How to tell the age of ammo and does it matter?
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Re: How to tell the age of ammo and does it matter?

philip964 wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 3:13 pm All very good to know. Thank you.

Now, how long can you leave a magazine loaded and not worry?

Sorry I'm old I forget this stuff.
It’s the number of compression/decompression cycles and not storing them under compression that eventually sacks a spring. But the number of cycles it takes to do that is probably beyond the experience of most shooters. I’m sure that some competition shooters fire enough rounds during practice and matches to eventually wear out magazine springs…maybe even some on this board. But I myself haven’t ever had a spring sack out in any kind of magazine, including a couple of WW2 era 1911 and M1 Carbine mags.

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