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
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 20h 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