1911 magazines

[BlackKnight]

Originally Posted by pitor

Good info. But correct me if I'm wrong , I remember reading in multiple articles that with modern metallurgy and the way springs are manufactured, they do not lose their "springness" regardless of being compressed for prolonged periods of time.

Correct and what wears the spring faster is the constant compressing and uncompressing of the spring.

[DaFadda]

Wow... good responses... I'm feeling appreciated. I'd want you to know that I got my info from the websites of some of the manufacturers... including Wilson Combat. If you look at their comments on the "new" ETM... which is a few years old now... they point out that the old mag springs compressed... blah blah blah... as I said, I'm not a metalurgist....so I can't say for sure.

But it IS nice to know that I might be helping a fellow shooter choose wisely!

[pitor]

Originally Posted by BlackKnight

Correct and what wears the spring faster is the constant compressing and uncompressing of the spring.

That's exactly what many of these articles pointed at!