RJT>Speaking of magazines,  when I mentioned to a gun store clerk needing some
RJT>hollowpoint because I'd been carrying the same too long,  he said something
RJT>about needing to relax the springs in the magazine.  Since I've four for th
RJT>Taurus,  I guess I can rotate them (and yes,  it's been a while).  I also t
RJT>notice that the two for the Makarov were both fully loaded and had been tha
RJT>way for some time.  So I dealt with that.

RJT>How important is this?

Not very.  There are plenty of cases of magazines being loaded for half
a century or more and still functioning.
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