Titan6
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In my spare time I like to rid the world of bad information. Conventional wisdom holds that keeping your magazine full and not rotating them by unloading them is bad for the magazines and will result in the magazine taking a "set", whatever that is.
Recently I took a 15 month vacation to the ME and put my guns up that were not needed around the house for Mrs. Titan6 and the Junior Titans while I was gone. Before I did that I loaded up a variety of magazines for a number of different weapons from .22 pistols to ARs to big bore rifles. All told 20 magazines of different types and calibers for ten different semi-auto guns.
The magazines stayed loaded, most of them to full capacity for 15 months+. Today, during breaks in the rain I managed to shoot about most of them. You might might be thinking that that would be bad for the magazines and I would have jams and misfeeds and so forth. Happy to report there were no problems. Reloading the magazines did not produce different results. I do take good care of my weapons and don't normally have jams anyway. I also did not put much lube on my weapons before storage or any prior to shooting.
There are many good reasons to unload your magazines and check your loads especially for your carry piece. Dust, dirt, grime and "whatnot" gets inside the magazine and can cause jamming, misfeeds and so forth. But for long term storage there seems to be no issues provided the storage is in a clean environment.
Recently I took a 15 month vacation to the ME and put my guns up that were not needed around the house for Mrs. Titan6 and the Junior Titans while I was gone. Before I did that I loaded up a variety of magazines for a number of different weapons from .22 pistols to ARs to big bore rifles. All told 20 magazines of different types and calibers for ten different semi-auto guns.
The magazines stayed loaded, most of them to full capacity for 15 months+. Today, during breaks in the rain I managed to shoot about most of them. You might might be thinking that that would be bad for the magazines and I would have jams and misfeeds and so forth. Happy to report there were no problems. Reloading the magazines did not produce different results. I do take good care of my weapons and don't normally have jams anyway. I also did not put much lube on my weapons before storage or any prior to shooting.
There are many good reasons to unload your magazines and check your loads especially for your carry piece. Dust, dirt, grime and "whatnot" gets inside the magazine and can cause jamming, misfeeds and so forth. But for long term storage there seems to be no issues provided the storage is in a clean environment.