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Old April 17th, 2007
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Default Magazine wear and tear question

This seems like a basic question, but I'm curious. Does keeping a magazine loaded hurt / lessen the life of the magazine in any way? I have 2 15 round magazines for my pistol that I keep loaded completely (all 15) and I was curious as to what everyone else does. In the Marines, they always had us load 28 rounds to save the springs (they said) on our 30 round magazines. I feel that a magazine should be manufactured to hold the full capacity, but again I'm not completely sure.
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