Bad to leave Mag loaded all the time?

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Re: Bad to leave Mag loaded all the time?

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markthenewf wrote:I don't believe this is in the manuals, but is what I've taken from the folks at M-nineteen-eleven-dot-org. I did have FTF with the original Kimber pro-tac mags, but not since I've started "pre-loading" the mags. Anyways, can't hurt just to leave them overnight!
Somehow it makes sense. I leave them loaded anyway for the simple reason that if I need a club for protectiion, I won't be grabbing my Kimber. :mrgreen:
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03Lightningrocks wrote:Somehow it makes sense. I leave them loaded anyway for the simple reason that if I need a club for protectiion, I won't be grabbing my Kimber. :mrgreen:
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bdickens wrote:No.

What weakens springs is cycling them, not compressing them and leaving them that way.
:iagree:

BTW, I have four Kimbers and never use Kimber magazines. I use only Wilson mags in my 1911s.
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Personally, I would only use the recommended mag in any one gun. Then if I had a problem, the manufacture and me would have a little chat. I feel I would have a better argument this way also. Kimber, use Kimber mag. Colt, use Colt mag. And so on.
Just to see if I had a problem, I took a Colt that I haven't shot for years out of the safe, hit the ejector button, and out she came. Dropped all the way out of gun and into my hand. So, my observation would be, leaving a fully loaded clip in the gun, as long as it is original manufacture mag, does not harm the mag.
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gwtrikenut wrote:Personally, I would only use the recommended mag in any one gun. Then if I had a problem, the manufacture and me would have a little chat. I feel I would have a better argument this way also. Kimber, use Kimber mag. Colt, use Colt mag. And so on.
If you check your manufacturers' manuals on your 1911s, I doubt you'll see anything that says the warranty will be voided if you use another manufacturer's magazine. Frankly, complaining to a firearm manufacturer over a magazine malfunction doesn't seem worth the time: if the gun cost me $1,100 and the mag cost me $30, I'll just use a different mag. :mrgreen:

Ergo, I like my Kimbers but I feel Wilson offers a superior magazine.
gwtrikenut wrote:Just to see if I had a problem, I took a Colt that I haven't shot for years out of the safe, hit the ejector button, and out she came. Dropped all the way out of gun and into my hand. So, my observation would be, leaving a fully loaded clip in the gun, as long as it is original manufacture mag, does not harm the mag.
Just a note that what you tested was the Colt's magazine ejector, not the integrity of the magazine itself.

The magazine's function is to consistently and reliably push a round into the path of the slide so that the catridge can be stripped off the mag and pushed into the chamber. The factors that influence this are the mag feed lips, the mag follower, the spring, the mag body, and the mag base plate/pad.

That function is the same regardless of the firearm or manufacturer. But the magazine has a profound affect on the operation of the firearm. For the same reason I prefer MagPul Pmags in my .223 rifles, I prefer Wilson mags in my 1911s.

Not sayin' your approach is wrong. Jusy sayin' that a lot of folks opt to use a best-of-breed approach to magazines.
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Skiprr wrote:
bdickens wrote:No.

What weakens springs is cycling them, not compressing them and leaving them that way.
:iagree:

BTW, I have four Kimbers and never use Kimber magazines. I use only Wilson mags in my 1911s.
Same here. The Wilson mags seem to cycle and feed more reliably with both my Kimbers. I think some of it might have to do with the way the Wilson magazine follower is designed.
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To get this thread back on topic...

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I have four 13 round .45 XD mags, and one 10 round XD mag that stay loaded around the clock. That's alot of .45, lol.

I've never noticed any problem with any of the mags. Thanks to the members of this board for affirming my suspicions that cycling is actually the weakening factor, not just letting them sit loaded.
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[quote][/quote]My experience with loaded mags is that if you leave them loaded all the time for a long time, they will start to "bulge" out at the top of the mag. You can't see it bulging out but what happens is when you press the mag release to drop the magazine, it only pops out about a half inch. You then half to finish taking it out with the other hand.

Am I reading this incorrectly? He is talking about a mag malfunction, right? So to test one would just hit the mag release or eject button on the gun, right?
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The recent posts on the .22's and Henry's got me to thinking. Regarding this thread, would the same apply to rifle tube magazine springs? It seems like it would, but it's a much longer spring so I wondered.
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C-dub wrote:The recent posts on the .22's and Henry's got me to thinking. Regarding this thread, would the same apply to rifle tube magazine springs? It seems like it would, but it's a much longer spring so I wondered.
The same rational applies to tube magazines.
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