I'm just sitting in the peanut gallery but advise the layman against reflectiing badly on himself with excessive bravado about conclusions and theories drawn from anecdote. Engineers in the room have gone silent -- out of kindness I s'pect.
The plural of anecdote is still not data.
I started life in the trenches as a mechanic, then tech. There the title "Engineer" was an epithet. A bit more college B.S study and then working with Engineers daily for the last 20 years after the Nav has tempered those stereotypes and been a lesson in humility.
There is indeed such a thing as material science. A great deal is understood about things like plastic deformation and modulus of elasticity of specific materials. If anecdotally springs have been observed to "set" there is indeed established science that explains it.
Whether a design used a material properly, whether that the material was processed properly in mfg and what a user can do to be assured of performance is likely a more useful discussion.
Good starting point: chrome silicone.
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
So I should be able to load good quality mags full-up and store them, and if they "take a set" over the course of a couple of years they are either of inferior material or improper manufacture?
The use of the word "but" usually indicates that everything preceding it in a sentence is a lie.
E.g.:
"I believe in Freedom of Speech, but". . .
"I support the Second Amendment, but". . .
--Randy
yes, or misapplication of the material in the design.
...and there's the rub. How can we know all those things in advance? What do we as users do about it other than buy from proven sources with good reputations (e.g. Wilson Combat or Chip McC for me on 1911 mags).
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
CombatController wrote:Pretty much yeah. Get good materials from a good maker and it goes a long way.
That tends to be: "You get what you pay for." But unfortunately people will take advantage of that and overprice cheap components and tout them as VERY high quality - while you get SHIT to deal with.
Buy reputable products from reputable dealers who have decent return policies, or buy high-quality springs and have them treated by CC.
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
