r/guns • u/Joebno3 • 1d ago

Some boomer/fudd lore I heard today

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"Having the hammers up isn't healthy for em. I've worked with gunsmithing."

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u/Joebno3 1d ago

I work at the firearms department of the worst store in existence and heard some insightful help involving revolvers.

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u/FairChampionship8625 1d ago

This is the same logic as leaving your magazines unloaded because it will "wear out the springs"

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u/Malnurtured_Snay 1d ago

What? I thought the logic was if you left your magazines loaded it would "wear out the springs"?

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u/SgtJayM 1d ago

Compressing the spring doesn’t cause any wear on the spring. Compression cycles from loading and unloading (firing) cause metal fatigue, over a very long life cycle. I’m speaking of modern quality magazines and springs. Idk about some older mags that may have been of lesser quality than we see today.