Happy Halloween!
So like most of the rest of us I have been hearing good things about Chrome Silcone springs. Supposed to have longer life and may be the future of springs.
Now I have heard time and time again that the CS springs from C products will develop a surface film of rust and then this reportedly stabilizes(?) and will not affect the function of the spring/mag.
Recently I read somewhere that when Magpul was developing the P-Mag they thought about using CS springs, but a salt spray test caused the springs to rust so much they broke at a certain point. Interesting, but this jibes with my experience with any firearms rust, it does not stop, it continues, until you clean it off. oil it, etc.
So for now I am continuing to use stainless steel springs, in my mags, A because I don't have any money to upgrade! And B because I want to ask this question.
Does this rust issue occur with all CS springs? I noticed that it seems like the CS springs that C Products use are not as expensive as say the ISMI product, does ISMI suffer from the same issue? Now you might never see rust issues with a CS spring, that's used inside the rifle, since it's lubed all the time, but I guess that's another issue.
Anyone have any comments? I am looking forward to everyone's input.
Matt


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