Since this applies to both pistols & rifles, I thought it should go here
Couldn't sleep the other night so I watched some shows that I recorded earlier. Must haved made a mistake on the recorded because I apparently either recorded the wrong channel or the wrong time for one of the shows and ended up recording some show on the History Channel having to do with the M16. What I did record was pretty interesting and I wish I would have caught the whole thing.
Anyway.
There was a segment with an individual who worked with "the greatest gun inventor since John Browning" and it was said that magazines should be loaded to 80% of their capacity to prevent spring fatique. It was said that troops with 20 round mags were told to load it with only 16 rounds.
While I normally download by a round, this was the first time I heard of this "80% rule". Have other members heard of this or seen the show? Does anyone else follow this 80% rule?
This would mean my Para P14.45 should be loaded with (11+1) rounds instead of the (13+1) rounds that I now keep in it. My 4013TSW should be loaded with (7+1) instead of the (8+1) that I keep in it.
Couldn't sleep the other night so I watched some shows that I recorded earlier. Must haved made a mistake on the recorded because I apparently either recorded the wrong channel or the wrong time for one of the shows and ended up recording some show on the History Channel having to do with the M16. What I did record was pretty interesting and I wish I would have caught the whole thing.
Anyway.
There was a segment with an individual who worked with "the greatest gun inventor since John Browning" and it was said that magazines should be loaded to 80% of their capacity to prevent spring fatique. It was said that troops with 20 round mags were told to load it with only 16 rounds.
While I normally download by a round, this was the first time I heard of this "80% rule". Have other members heard of this or seen the show? Does anyone else follow this 80% rule?
This would mean my Para P14.45 should be loaded with (11+1) rounds instead of the (13+1) rounds that I now keep in it. My 4013TSW should be loaded with (7+1) instead of the (8+1) that I keep in it.