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Loaded mags good.

Empty mags useless.
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EmptyMag might take offense to that!
I'm only offended by people who capitalize the "M". Grrrrr!!!

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marines carry 8 mags in the standard loadout. not much chance you'd live long enough to go thu that many in a firefight. if 30 rounds won't end it, you gonna die anyway.
WTF does this have to do with magazine spring compression?
You can let me know next week when your temp-ban is up.
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For a long time I was taught that keeping mags loaded ruins the springs. ... Sounded reasonable ...
And why exactly did that sound reasonable?

Steel does not fatigue under pressure. If it would, people would suggest lifting up your car over night to release the tension on its suspension ... ever heard about such nonsense?


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And why exactly did that sound reasonable?
Sounded reasonable when I didn't know anything about how metal fatigue worked. To me, a spring compressed was a spring in use. Now I know better.
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