Hi Roy,
On , you wrote me:

 RJT> I haven't been keeping up with the magazines...

You should, because...

 RJT> Speaking of magazines,  when I mentioned to a gun store clerk needing
 RJT> some hollowpoint because I'd been carrying the same too long,  he said 
 RJT> something about needing to relax the springs in the magazine.  Since 
 RJT> I've four for the
 RJT> Taurus,  I guess I can rotate them (and yes,  it's been a while).  I
 RJT> also took notice that the two for the Makarov were both fully loaded and 
 RJT> had been that
 RJT> way for some time.  So I dealt with that.

AH answered this. :-)

 RJT> How important is this?

It turns out that it isn't important. They did tests and all, and there was no 
failure to feed, even from magazines loaded since WWII.

 RJT> I need to look at the Taurus mags and see if they also come apart easily
 RJT> -- somehow I don't think so.

Just keep them clean and they will be fine. I have never had a magazine problem
in my Taurus. I got a bad Colt magazine that wouldn't work with my Kimber, but 
it wasn't due to spring loading.

Joe
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