Looking for a way too speed load PTW Mag's?

[wKnight]

Originally Posted by mcguyver

I wouldn't keep any mags in any gun, real or airsoft, loaded for long periods of time. PTW mags would be no different than any other airsoft mag in that respect.

agreed. compressed springs lose their strength over time.

[Blackthorne]

Originally Posted by wKnight

agreed. compressed springs lose their strength over time.

No they don't. That's an urban legend that won't go away for some strange reason. There are many cases of mags being stored for decades and firing just fine. A guy I have trained with left his G26 mag fully loaded in his glove for 4 years and it worked fine.

Spring material wears out from use, not from holding a static position for long periods of time.

[Styrak]

Originally Posted by ProbeJax

WHy not use a funnel? When I'm loading my P90 magazines at home, I use one.

Because Systema mags aren't hicaps (WTF?). And many people don't use hicaps with their normal AEGs either.

[Ronan]

Originally Posted by ProbeJax

WHy not use a funnel? When I'm loading my P90 magazines at home, I use one.

PTW don't have high cap mags (thank god) this is what i ment:

[wKnight]

Originally Posted by Blackthorne

No they don't. That's an urban legend that won't go away for some strange reason. There are many cases of mags being stored for decades and firing just fine. A guy I have trained with left his G26 mag fully loaded in his glove for 4 years and it worked fine.

Spring material wears out from use, not from holding a static position for long periods of time.

I think your friend may have gotten lucky. I have noticed this effect on mags that have been accidently left fully loaded over an off season. the first game back they are unreliable and feed like crap. After leaving them unloaded for a while the problems goes away. But I deffinitly wouldnt want to keep doing it over and over again as it clearly causes issues.

I think springs wear out by holding the fully compressed position because this is not the memory position for the metal.

[Tankdude]

Originally Posted by Blackthorne

No they don't. That's an urban legend that won't go away for some strange reason. There are many cases of mags being stored for decades and firing just fine. A guy I have trained with left his G26 mag fully loaded in his glove for 4 years and it worked fine.

Spring material wears out from use, not from holding a static position for long periods of time.

It is called 'creep'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creep_(deformation)

enjoy some reading.

[Danke]

And the smaller/thinner the spring the more you'll notice the deformation/creep/sagging out in it's lifetime. Mechanical torque wrench, pistol mag, sooner than something like a coil spring in a car.

[wKnight]

i knew i wasnt crazy

[mike909]

Originally Posted by pawscal

I use a speed loader, I hope your not useing the tube and rod POS they give you. The real pain to me is unloading the dam things.

I know a good way to unload... FIRE!

[CDN_Stalker]

Originally Posted by Ronan

PTW don't have high cap mags (thank god) this is what i ment:

BBs going into funnels really sucks. I've tried that a couple times, the BBs keep getting jammed up in the hole (have tried a few different funnels). Seems the only way to get a funnel to work right is to drop a few BBs at a time into it, and that's about the same as not using a funnel.

[Ronan]

Originally Posted by CDN_Stalker

BBs going into funnels really sucks. I've tried that a couple times, the BBs keep getting jammed up in the hole (have tried a few different funnels). Seems the only way to get a funnel to work right is to drop a few BBs at a time into it, and that's about the same as not using a funnel.

Yeah i was also thinking that which is why i haven't gotten out to buy a funnel yet.

[Danke]

Originally Posted by CDN_Stalker

BBs going into funnels really sucks. I've tried that a couple times, the BBs keep getting jammed up in the hole (have tried a few different funnels). Seems the only way to get a funnel to work right is to drop a few BBs at a time into it, and that's about the same as not using a funnel.

I thought that was a picture of a Martini glass!

[arman]

Originally Posted by Blackthorne

No they don't. That's an urban legend that won't go away for some strange reason. There are many cases of mags being stored for decades and firing just fine. A guy I have trained with left his G26 mag fully loaded in his glove for 4 years and it worked fine.

Spring material wears out from use, not from holding a static position for long periods of time.

so why do we cycle the guns a few times after playing??? unless you dont?.

[ProbeJax]

Originally Posted by Styrak

Because Systema mags aren't hicaps (WTF?). And many people don't use hicaps with their normal AEGs either.

I don't use highcaps either. I don't own a single one. All of mine are low caps. You can still stick a funnel on top of the loading rod and pour them in.

[Styrak]

Originally Posted by arman

so why do we cycle the guns a few times after playing??? unless you dont?.

That's to release the spring tension, and make sure the spring is in it's relaxed state. I assume you mean "why do we cycle it a few times on semi after playing".