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cloud8a · 05-28-2005, 03:00 PM

Is it harmfull to the slide spring to keep the slide pulled back on my XD40 to accomodate a gun lock? I am aware of the fact that some people who carry duty pistols will leave bullets in their magazines for months at a time causing the magazine spring to set at tension and possibly cause a misfire. But would this problem also happen with the slide spring?

Verm · 05-28-2005, 04:30 PM

myth on the mag spring. I have mags that have been loaded for literally years that function just like new. What wears a spring down is constant compression and decompression. Your recoil spring is fine with a lock in it as it's semi compressed, but it's stationary so no stress is put on it. Shooting it though will wear it out slowly. Just the design of springs in general.

05-28-2005, 03:00 PM	#1
cloud8a XDTalk Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32	Slide Spring Is it harmfull to the slide spring to keep the slide pulled back on my XD40 to accomodate a gun lock? I am aware of the fact that some people who carry duty pistols will leave bullets in their magazines for months at a time causing the magazine spring to set at tension and possibly cause a misfire. But would this problem also happen with the slide spring? __________________ XD40 Sig Sauer P229 Astra A-100 Taurus .38 Special Bersa .380 Home modified 12 guage (dont ask) \" There comes a time in every normal man\'s Life when he feels the need to spit on his hands, Hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.\"

05-28-2005, 04:30 PM	#2
Verm XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Carson City NV. Posts: 814	myth on the mag spring. I have mags that have been loaded for literally years that function just like new. What wears a spring down is constant compression and decompression. Your recoil spring is fine with a lock in it as it's semi compressed, but it's stationary so no stress is put on it. Shooting it though will wear it out slowly. Just the design of springs in general. __________________ Enough firepower, the will and the guts to use it all.

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