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ThumperMX113 · 08-18-2008, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mhillsing23

I don't clear or fire my carry XD too often and it remains cocked/loaded 24/7. You will be fine. The XDs can take much worse that sitting there being "ready".

Exactly, if it can be cooked on a grille and fired fine, you'll be okay !!

tomfoolery · 08-18-2008, 12:23 PM

+1, let it be. I have left mine cocked and locked for weeks at a time with no issues.

penny · 08-18-2008, 03:29 PM

23 months and counting. My husbands XD9SC has been cocked, loaded and carried since purchase. Every couple of months it will be fired and new SD ammo loaded.

janir · 08-18-2008, 04:34 PM

Coming from different angle, I ride motorcycles on a race track and one of the things most people do is re-spring their bikes, and as such I've learned a bit on springs in general doing motorcycle maintenance and tuning.

Compression springs, like those in a magazine or in the gun itself, under no load or a load don't wear out in either of those states. Its the dynamic action of the spring that wears a spring out. If it's under some tension and not being unsprung and resprung it will be fine. Its the act of springing that does it. Holding a spring at its maximum can over a long time have problems and eventually wear one out but that's more related to the force of the spring, its shape, length, quality of the material (biggie) and support of the spring's container (mag walls). If the spring would 'deform' if it was compressed (bulge to the side) if it were compressed by itself then max compression will over a long time wear the spring out. If its got some side support then its got more Are most magazines shaped to roughly mimic the cross section of a magazine? If so then its got support from deforming and would last longer. As will higher quality metal of the spring.
just my 2 cents..

Torquem · 08-18-2008, 05:23 PM

the guy above me hit it on the head. Its the constant compress/decompress that wears out a springs tension. Keeping a mag loaded all the time is not an issue. There have been lots of old 1911 mags found that had been loaded for 60 years and they functioned fine. Its shooting a lot that wears them out.

watch4trees · 08-18-2008, 07:57 PM

Yeah i thought that would be the case with weakening the spring by constant loading/reloading, but i wasn't sure about just leaving it in compression for a long period of time. Thanks for the info. very helpful!

kraigster414 · 08-19-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaboom

"clearing and loading" the mags is exactly what WILL wear out the mag spring. It's fine just like it is, you can leave it cocked and loaded for years if you like with no harm done.

What?! I must have missed that class.

Your mag spring will outlast you.

08-18-2008, 12:23 PM	#12
tomfoolery XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 5,658	+1, let it be. I have left mine cocked and locked for weeks at a time with no issues. __________________ "It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees." "One is none, two is one, and three is just a good time." Clint Smith, referring to the number of guns you carry daily.

08-18-2008, 05:23 PM	#15
Torquem XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: near St. Louis, MO Posts: 242	the guy above me hit it on the head. Its the constant compress/decompress that wears out a springs tension. Keeping a mag loaded all the time is not an issue. There have been lots of old 1911 mags found that had been loaded for 60 years and they functioned fine. Its shooting a lot that wears them out. __________________ Preston XD(M) .40 Bi-tone w/Surefire X300 WHAT WOULD CHAIRS LOOK LIKE IF OUR KNEES BENT THE OTHER WAY?

08-18-2008, 07:57 PM	#16
watch4trees XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 19	thanks Yeah i thought that would be the case with weakening the spring by constant loading/reloading, but i wasn't sure about just leaving it in compression for a long period of time. Thanks for the info. very helpful! __________________ An armed society is a polite society

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08-18-2008, 03:29 PM	#13
penny XDTalk Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 34	23 months and counting. My husbands XD9SC has been cocked, loaded and carried since purchase. Every couple of months it will be fired and new SD ammo loaded.