Mec-gar mag question.

stressed · 01-26-2015, 08:13 PM

Are the MEC-GAR P08 mag springs tempered as in to be able keep loaded for a long time?

G.T. · 01-26-2015, 10:19 PM

The new ones seem to be??... I have done some brief test on them, and they seem to take little set, and hold up well.... Only the new type mags with plastic followers are in this category... They are the very best Luger mags ever made.... My upgrades add little, except for looks and maybe a slightly better spring?.... The Mec-Gar mags are a shooters dream, and a collectors nightmare.... Can't have everything!.. best to all, til...lat'r...GT

Sonofeugene · 01-27-2015, 01:49 AM

Any mag or mag spring can be kept loaded for decades. The belief that springs loose their strength if kept compressed is an old wives tale.

saab-bob · 01-27-2015, 02:22 PM

I have wondered about this same question. On the FXO mag I just had GT work on, the spring was too weak to feed the bullets. Other then that, it was in good shape. What happened?
Here is a interesting article about this issue from a physics point of view
https://www.physicsforums.com/thread...spring.661309/
Based on this article,perhaps the material used on that mag spring was sub par(late war production issues?) or it was exposed to heat?
Bob

rhuff · 01-27-2015, 03:31 PM

What wears out springs whether it be recoil, mag, etc. is usage. The compression and then the release of tension is what "works" the metal and allows it to lose it's properties. Now, if the spring steel was of poor quality to begin with, it will go downhill quick.

01-26-2015, 08:13 PM	#1
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G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,486 Thanks: 1,284 Thanked 3,583 Times in 989 Posts	Mec-Gar springs The new ones seem to be??... I have done some brief test on them, and they seem to take little set, and hold up well.... Only the new type mags with plastic followers are in this category... They are the very best Luger mags ever made.... My upgrades add little, except for looks and maybe a slightly better spring?.... The Mec-Gar mags are a shooters dream, and a collectors nightmare.... Can't have everything!.. best to all, til...lat'r...GT

01-27-2015, 02:22 PM	#4
saab-bob User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: So Cal Posts: 459 Thanks: 774 Thanked 143 Times in 87 Posts	I have wondered about this same question. On the FXO mag I just had GT work on, the spring was too weak to feed the bullets. Other then that, it was in good shape. What happened? Here is a interesting article about this issue from a physics point of view https://www.physicsforums.com/thread...spring.661309/ Based on this article,perhaps the material used on that mag spring was sub par(late war production issues?) or it was exposed to heat? Bob __________________ "I think,therefore I own guns"

01-27-2015, 01:49 AM	#3
Sonofeugene User Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 157 Thanks: 1 Thanked 118 Times in 64 Posts	Any mag or mag spring can be kept loaded for decades. The belief that springs loose their strength if kept compressed is an old wives tale.

01-27-2015, 03:31 PM	#5
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,274 Thanks: 2,695 Thanked 961 Times in 707 Posts	What wears out springs whether it be recoil, mag, etc. is usage. The compression and then the release of tension is what "works" the metal and allows it to lose it's properties. Now, if the spring steel was of poor quality to begin with, it will go downhill quick.