Ok to store loaded 10/22 Magazines?

[KodeFore]

Thanks guys. I've seen threads on mag springs in general. I was asking specially about the Ruger 10 22 ones cause they seem like such a different design then most mags. Sounds like the same principles apply.

 

[Cowhide Cliff]

As soon as I saw that I started to laugh.

In my experience the only thing that wears springs out is repeated use, compressing and decompressing. Leaving them in one state or the other for long periods of time should have no detrimental effect.

Another thing that can wear out or ruin a spring is flexed/compressed beyond it's design but that shouldn't be the case in a magazine.

 

[Cowhide Cliff]

Just in recent years I actually found the original magazine for a 10/22 that was my uncles when I was a kid. It had gone missing about 30 years earlier. When I found it it was fully loaded and it still works fine today. That magazine sat fully loaded for 30+years

 

[Jed1124]

Years back I was calling Turkeys for a friend who never got one. Beautiful Tom came strutting in. At about 15 yards he decided to take the shot, and click, nothing. The Tom went running off and he sat there perplexed, scratching his head.
It seems his Remington 1187 had been stored for many years cocked. We tried numerous round after that and the firing pin would just leave a little mark on the primer.
He changed the spring and was good to go. I know it's a different spring than a magazine spring, but it did wear and fail to work after sitting for years.
All that being said it could have been gummed up, but knowing this guy and how miticulous he is I find that hard to believe.

 

[Walkalong]

Just how is that possible....lets see the mag holds 10....lets jam two more in there....yea....ain't gonna happen.

That was not what I was addressing.

A poster said springs can be compressed a long time with no damage. that is true unless they are compressed past their design limit, which in some mags these days they are. whether the 10-22 mag is one of those I have no idea, although I doubt it. It is not a matter of cramming two more rounds that a mag is designed to hold, it's a matter of how much the spring is compressed and if that is past the springs design limit.

 

[Walkalong]

Another thing that can wear out or ruin a spring is flexed/compressed beyond it's design

Yep.

We had a great thread on compressing springs not long ago.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/how-long-can-you-keep-a-1911-magazine-loaded.816320/

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[double bogey]

Go to rimfire central and look at the 10-22 section. They have a sticky on cleaning, and disassembly/reassembly, and tuning 10-22 mags. also the most definitive .22 site around.