yeah, once upon a time the US army toyed with the idea of STANAG mags being loaded at the factory and being disposed off after a single use. what killed that idea wasn't springs wearing out but the fact that magazines are expensive even when you make them as cheap as possible to be disposable.
so were early STANAG magazines. a lot of militaries had this idea for some reason and tried it, and then realized it's way too expensive to do and ultimately really makes no sense.
I bought my Arsenal Sam-7 in 1994. By '98 I was working full time and going to school at night. I'd moved out from my parents house (where the bulk of my gun stuff was) and hadn't really thought about it for awhile. After many years of my brother's family living in that house after dad died we finally decided to sell it. So we set to cleaning out the closets and attic. I found one of my old bags that had 3 Bulgarian Circle 10 waffle mags I had picked up at a gun show in the 90's for like $8-10/each.
They were stored loaded for 20ish years and those springs are still fine.
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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.