Slide open in the locked position

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There will be force held on the slide stop due to the springs trying to return the slide into battery, but it shouldn't be enough to cause major wear and tear.

However, I still keep my autoloaders with the slide closed.
 
not really, except dust/F.M. concerns

if the goal is to store a gun in a visibly and obviously cleared position, just use a chamber flag
if the goal is to store the gun with a magazine in so it is "almost loaded", stop being silly and just store it loaded in a holster
 
Generally speaking NO! There will be a few stories about main springs being compressed (hammer cocked) for 30-40 years and still being fine.

If you look at the actual structure of steel, it like ANYTHING it seeks no stress. Spring steel is tempered to have internal stresses that make it work LIKE A SPRING. Given enough time those molecules will find a stress free state. In our lifetime? Totally stress free NO. reducd spring rate? yes. If you load up a spring, it will increase the rate. NOT enough to be a big deal in a decade or 2
 
Ordinarily no. At work we are issued the Beretta 92FS and we must store them on site when off duty. Some of our guys stored them with the sllde locked back. It did not cause any major damage but it did shorten the life of the recoil springs. For a while there we were changing recoil springs almost every year or two. With 20+ pistols that absolutely must work each and every time, weak recoil springs could lead to serious problems down the road. Now all our people are instructed not to store them with the slides locked back. If your gun is one you count on for defense do not store it with the slide locked back. It may not bother your particular gun but can you really chance it?
 
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