Race
03-19-09, 09:18
Not a scientific test at all - just anecdotal. A couple of weeks ago, I went to the range with an assortment of pistols. I happened to have two Hi Power magazines that I've had for maybe 20 years that had been stored loaded for the last 10-12 years. These were SS Pachmayr mags, that I think were probably manufactured by Mec-Gar. They were loaded with the old Federal 9BP loads.
They functioned without a hitch, which I expected, but it was interesting to find out for sure.
I did notice something about one of the loaded SS Pachmayr mags, though. One of them was a bit tighter fit in my HPs than the other mags (Browning, FN, Inglis, Mec-Gar, Pachmayr). It made me wonder if the mag had slightly bowed outward under the constant load over the years. I have no recollection as to whether that mag was this way years ago, so it's just a guess.
The other loaded mag was not this way, so it could have simply been a manufacturing deviation.
They functioned without a hitch, which I expected, but it was interesting to find out for sure.
I did notice something about one of the loaded SS Pachmayr mags, though. One of them was a bit tighter fit in my HPs than the other mags (Browning, FN, Inglis, Mec-Gar, Pachmayr). It made me wonder if the mag had slightly bowed outward under the constant load over the years. I have no recollection as to whether that mag was this way years ago, so it's just a guess.
The other loaded mag was not this way, so it could have simply been a manufacturing deviation.