HugheSec08
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I want to make it very clear that this is not a "will keeping my mags loaded hurt the springs?" thread.
It doesn't, next question.
My question for you guys is whether or not you think leaving a fully loaded magazine seated in a firearm for extended periods of time could damage the frame? I wouldn't worry about it in something with full slide rails like a 1911. But in a polymer frame pistol with small areas of thinner metal for slide rails, like a Glock or FNX, for example... do you guys see any potential issues with that?
I ask because I don't unload my carry gun or my nightstand gun, both of which are polymer frames and don't have full slide rails. For those of you keeping score at home, that's why I used a Glock and an FNX as my examples haha.
Thanks guys!
*Edit* My question isn't limited to slide rails, I meant any portion of the frame or its inner workings at all. One reason I ask is that, despite being kept clean enough to eat off of, my FNX no longer drops mags freely. It used to drop empty mags with the slide locked open, now it won't even drop a full mag with the slide in battery. So I'm wondering if some warping occurred or I damaged the mag catch with constant pressure.
It doesn't, next question.
My question for you guys is whether or not you think leaving a fully loaded magazine seated in a firearm for extended periods of time could damage the frame? I wouldn't worry about it in something with full slide rails like a 1911. But in a polymer frame pistol with small areas of thinner metal for slide rails, like a Glock or FNX, for example... do you guys see any potential issues with that?
I ask because I don't unload my carry gun or my nightstand gun, both of which are polymer frames and don't have full slide rails. For those of you keeping score at home, that's why I used a Glock and an FNX as my examples haha.
Thanks guys!
*Edit* My question isn't limited to slide rails, I meant any portion of the frame or its inner workings at all. One reason I ask is that, despite being kept clean enough to eat off of, my FNX no longer drops mags freely. It used to drop empty mags with the slide locked open, now it won't even drop a full mag with the slide in battery. So I'm wondering if some warping occurred or I damaged the mag catch with constant pressure.
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