Staging loaded magazines

[Harvey]

Everyone above pretty well covered the bases.

What wears out springs is repeated extension and contraction. So just leaving the mags empty or unloaded won’t wear them out.

As others mentioned though, if your going to leave them in adverse conditions (humid) best to check on them periodically.

Some other threads with similar topics, if you want to read a bit more

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