How long can you store a fully loaded 30 round PMAG without the cover on the feed lips without it hurting reliability?
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How long can you store a fully loaded 30 round PMAG without the cover on the feed lips without it hurting reliability?
Im not sure about pmags, but I had full USGI mags loaded in Iraq for an entire year, if that helps.
I have had one loaded for about 10 months no problem.
I think magpul has one of the originals that has been loaded for a very long time I don't remember the details but there was no feed lip spread. I wouldn't think twice about leaving the mag loaded up they don't spread.
Thanks,
I am thinking about a putting a loaded pmag in my pistol lock box along with my pistol and don't want to have to think about flipping the cover off at 2am if something goes bump in the night. Its a shame. When I was growing up all you had to worry about was a lone burgler, now you have to worry about home invasions from a bunch of meth heads.
I left my PMAGs loaded at home for a year, dustcovers on (while I was in Afghanistan)....had more PMAGs in country, dustcovers off...haven't had a problem with any of my mags.
ive done about 12 months with mine with no feeding problems whatsoever then i just rotate them them out with other ones i have
Maybe I am missing something, but when I have a p mag w/30 roungs in it I cant get the cover to stay on anyway. So I store them loaded with the cover off and have had no issues.
You don't need a cover for the feed lips. It's just to keep dust out on a Pmag. The lips are durable enough.
JRB, you sure you're not loading 31 rounds in that?
I have one of the first batches of windowed FDE PMags in NOVA.
it has been loaded continuously for over 2 years now.
No problems.
Sample size of 1 and all, but i note it because while my other 30 or so Pmags have shown no issues with feedlip spread, none of them have been continuously loaded for more than 1 1/2 years.