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To: Tijeras_Slim

Magazine springs go bad if you keep them at full capacity in a year or two. A relvolver lay at rest for years and fire. A semi auto needs regular maintence. I have some glocks and love them, but it is pretty common knowledge that a revolver is tops in reliability. There is no perfect gun but a 642 or LCR are tops for conceal ability. Most people have 2 or 3.

Then you have your dress evening guns, zombie guns, a man must know how to accessorize too.


51 posted on 09/04/2015 5:42:58 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

High quality magazine springs will last a lot longer than 2 years fully loaded.

I have some Argentine military Browning Hi-Power mags which I have kept loaded for maybe 15 years. I am hoping to weaken the springs which were so strong I could not fully load them without a tool.

They still are too strong.

They do eventually weaken a little but not something to really worry about. I read an article maybe in the 80s where a guy found some .45 auto mags which had been loaded and wrapped in newspapers since WWII and the springs were still good.


53 posted on 09/04/2015 6:03:40 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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