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One thing to watch for on the Thermolds (and Orlites) is feed lip cracking.
They will do this just sitting around loaded let alone when dropped or slammed into a weapon.
Age and abuse don't seem to be as much of a factor as one would think, however abuse could cover being left in a patrol car and going from freezing to hinges of hades hot in the course of a year also.