Magnets for storage space

[tuckerdog1]

Looking at some storage options to free up some space in the safe. Already ordered some of those wire pistol hangers. Also seeing magnets as an option to hold magazines and pistols under shelves & on safe walls. What I'm wondering is, when a magnet gets rubbed on something like a screwdriver, that screwdriver can get magnetized. Could this happen to my magazines or pistols? And would it matter if it did?

Tuckerdog1

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Looking at some storage options to free up some space in the safe. Already ordered some of those wire pistol hangers. Also seeing magnets as an option to hold magazines and pistols under shelves & on safe walls. What I'm wondering is, when a magnet gets rubbed on something like a screwdriver, that screwdriver can get magnetized. Could this happen to my magazines or pistols? And would it matter if it did?

Tuckerdog1

>Can it magnetize a steel magazine?

Yes.

>Is it bad to be magnetized?

Most certainly.

>Is it certain to happen merely because a magnet is used to store a magazine?

Most certainly not.

You'd need a deliberate and repeated motion as you note with the screwdriver.

Todd.

 

[berettaprofessor]

Won’t magnetize. And even if it did, bullets are lead.

 

[SwampWolf]

I use lots of magnets (both discs and "tape" types) to hold lots of magazines and such in place in my safe with no ill effect. Even s/s mags will sometimes cling to a magnet.

 

[tuckerdog1]

Won’t magnetize. And even if it did, bullets are lead.

Wasn't thinking about the ammo. Was thinking it might hinder mags from dropping free when you want them to. Could it cause sticky ( magnetized ) functioning issues with pistol innards? Per SwampWolf, it would seem not. I may add them to the storage solution.

 

[tarosean]

I guess I own way to many magazines to even think about using valuable safe real estate for them.

Guns in my safe have a single magazine only... The rest of my magazines are stored elsewhere.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Wasn't thinking about the ammo. Was thinking it might hinder mags from dropping free when you want them to. Could it cause sticky ( magnetized ) functioning issues with pistol innards? Per SwampWolf, it would seem not. I may add them to the storage solution.

I didn't really think about that in my comment so much as continuing the screwdriver analogy. And any magnetized tool for that matter.

The picking up of grit, dust and debris attracted by magnetization. Drives me crazy with tools having crap affixed to them.

Todd.

 

[hso]

And would it matter if it did?

Nope

 

[CapnMac]

I guess I own way to many magazines to even think about using valuable safe real estate for them.

Guns in my safe have a single magazine only... The rest of my magazines are stored elsewhere.

Ditto this.

Many drop-free mags are using the force of the spring. The force of the spring is also such to overcome any magnetic adhesion the follower might have to the body, Or even steel-cased (or jacketed) ammo. That spring has a powerful motive force versus the limited Gauss adhesion from transferred magnetism.

 

[Guy48065]

My concern would be residual magnetism attracting metallic crap to the magazine--and inside it where it could interfere with the follower. Maybe even transfer that grit to the gun works.

I see ads for magnetic mounts all the time and honestly never really considered that a gun attached to a powerful magnet could also attract metal grit.

 

[SwampWolf]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the import of the question. By employing magnets to hold magazines on the inside walls and door of my gun safe (a very old and outdated "Treadlok" unit), I'm able to utilize space for storage that would otherwise go unused.

 

[FL-NC]

I know a business owner who keeps a shotgun under a counter with a magnet.