Is it bad to leave mags loaded?

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alexlacelle

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When I got my mags, I left them loaded, cuz the springs were pretty stiff on them, now the springs have loosened up, but I'm still leaving the mags loaded. Is that bad for them? Should I leave them unloaded? Thanks!
 
Springs take most of the set they ever will in the first compression. Use and nature will eventually cause the steel to fail. Leaving them loaded likely won't cause much increase in that rate.
 
I've seen WWII .45 mags work just fine after being loaded and left alone for 60+ years. I was told by Wolffe springs that it's the constant loading/unloading that causes them to fail. The big difference is the break in period, where leaving them loaded can help you in the amount of effort it takes to load a mag. But after that leaving them loaded is not supposed to affect them adversely at all. Look at all the cop mags that are left loaded, sometimes for years.
 
I had some new Sig mags that would not accept 10 rds, got 8 in and left it for a week, then all 10 fitted in, they can be stiff when new.
 
I bought an M1 carbine whose previous owner had loaded three 15 round magazines (no 30ies in WW 2) in 1944 in Italy. I wondered if they would feed and function? Yes, all 45 went bang and functioned normally.

F.Nielsen :lol:
 
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