![]() Springs don’t get “stressed” unless they are loaded beyond their design tolerances. If you’re that concerned, fire it with a spent shell in the chamber. If you dry fire 100s of times a day it might, but once in a while is no big deal. Some springs may stay loaded for decades and still function, and others might wear out after a much shorter period of time. When left loaded to full capacity and not used, most magazines will very slowly lose some amount of spring tension over time. Will keeping a magazine loaded weaken the spring? My understanding is that springs weaken through use, not compression. I have guns over 50 years old that never fail me. Repeated dry-firing of a rimfire can eventually peen the firing pin, dulling it and causing misfires. ![]() However, excessively dry-firing a rimfire gun is a bad idea. Dry-firing most centerfire rifles and handguns is perfectly safe once you have made certain they are unloaded and pointed in a safe direction. ![]()
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