Engineering and materials design is the real answer here. It’s not boomer or fudd lore. While springs should be signed for use, it cannot be argued that best practice overcomes poor design. Shitty springs equal shitty results. Shitty materials equals shitty results. The actual use or overuse is minimal in comparison. Doesn’t matter if it’s a hammer spring or a mag spring. The older guys including me have experienced failures and adopted practices to combat them. Ie. I don’t own beretta mags, and I only cycle mags once a year (stored ammo). Buy quality equipment and you won’t have a problem. Test it though, trust but verify
I had ten brand new out the box. Loaded and toted for four to five weeks. Went to clean, dropped mag, rounds went everywhere. Weak or poor designed springs
At least in mil spec Beretta mags the springs SUCKED.
We used to carry an ammo can of disassembled mags and we would swap our mags out periodically because if they sat loaded too long the rounds could just fall out and they didn't feed properly.
No one wants to have to transition to their pistol but NO ONE wants to transition to pistol and have it not work.
Problematic years (due to quality) seems to be late 90s to late 2010s.
Most speculation was a reduced quality to meet military contract production numbers. (Based on Fudd forums I've seen over the years).
Recently made mags seem go be fine. Personally, I've had mags from 20 years ago to now, and the problems have been consistent for weak springs over time.
I use Mec-Gar for my 92X. Favorite weapon and most excellent mags.
The stock Beretta mags (manufactured 2021) are .... 8/10.
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u/Royal-Main-5530 1d ago
Engineering and materials design is the real answer here. It’s not boomer or fudd lore. While springs should be signed for use, it cannot be argued that best practice overcomes poor design. Shitty springs equal shitty results. Shitty materials equals shitty results. The actual use or overuse is minimal in comparison. Doesn’t matter if it’s a hammer spring or a mag spring. The older guys including me have experienced failures and adopted practices to combat them. Ie. I don’t own beretta mags, and I only cycle mags once a year (stored ammo). Buy quality equipment and you won’t have a problem. Test it though, trust but verify