Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

Well there you go. Thank you. And I'll start using SEARCH before I post.

That's what I thought, and that's what I do. Thanks.

I've got magazines that have been fully loaded for 5 years - sitting on the shelf in the safe. Every once and a while I take one out to the range and it works perfectly.

Why would it matter if I keep all my magazines fully loaded and ready to go? I often see references to spring fatigue, but fatigue requires movement, and the spring in the magazine is motionless when the mag is fully loaded and sitting in the safe. I've seen posts where people say they unload the ma...