Put my mind at ease..

[Poopers]

I had to get a pawn loan on my Glock 27 today. Before entering the store I was required to lock the slide back and leave it open.


I forgot to close/request that they close it before putting it in storage. Assuming it will be in pawn a little over a week, should I be at all concerned about the recoil spring? Its only got 100 rounds through it as of now

[keith44]

well poopers, I wish I could give you a guarantee that no harm would be done, but springs weaken when held compressed over time.  I'm sorry, but your only hope may be a clerk that knows guns, and perhaps was thoughtful enough to release the slide.

[jhm]

     Since I was in the pawn business, the reason you were required to lock the slide back is for everyones safety, nothing personel, and since space in the safes is at a premium this time of year I am certain they will close the slide as open it takes up more space, hope every thing works out for you so you can redeem in a short time as long term storage causes some scratches and dings on occasion no matter how carful you try to be.  Jim

[Ladobe]

If being locked open for a week actually hurts the Glock, it wasn't worth the price of admission to buy it.    IOW, I wouldn't worry about it, a week is not long term storage for years and springs are not that fragile.

[t-reg]

We compress our magazine springs for much longer periods of time and never think twice.

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

No big deal---if you're really worried about it --a new spring is like $10 bucks

[Empty Quiver]

If it will help you rest better think about this. About half the valve springs in your car are compressed as you sleep, and the ones in your lawn mower will spend the entire winter that way.
 
It'll be fine, cycling does the damage not rest. How about those magazine springs in the cops gun? Trust me he ain't emptying them each night.

[Poopers]

Thanks for the replies everyone. Im TOO paranoid about springs. I almost never keep my magazines more than 1/3 full when they are pulling nightstand duty in the house.

[Savage]

I wouldn't be concerned with springs. I discussed this with a metallurgical engineer some years ago. He stated that the number of cycles, loading and unloading of the spring shortened the working life of a modern spring at double the rate of long term compression. I have personally used magazines that had been loaded 10+ years that worked just fine. My regular routine is to load magazines when I clean my guns after a match, and leave them loaded for the next weekend. So that makes 20 Glock mags that stay loaded sometimes a month at a time, depending on which caliber I'm shooting.  We won't even mention those AR mags I keep in my war bag! I change recoil springs in my game guns at around 5k rds. When I compare the length of the old one to the new one, there is very little difference. Mag springs I change when I'm bored, or when they get to feeling soft when I'm reloading them. If you're still worried about your mag springs for you nightstand gun to the point where you're loading to 1/3 capacity, get a revolver for that task and you'll never have to worry about mag springs.
Hope you get your pistol back soon!
Savage

[45-70.gov]

you should be asking us for financial advice

[Poopers]

you should be asking us for financial advice

Please enlighten me how to always have money on hand for unexpected medical trips to urgent care that require cash up front. Oh and don't forget the prescription on the same day and rent a few days later!


Thanks!

[Poopers]

I appreciate the thorough response Savage. I'll load her to full capacity from now on!

[keith44]

Poopers, despite the incorrect way the matter was broached, those who use "pay day loans" and pawn shops and other places end up in a vicious circle due to the extraordinarily high interest these places charge.  Things happen, it's just life, but if you could save up an emergency fund you would not need those places.

[45-70.gov]

you should be asking us for financial advice

Please enlighten me how to always have money on hand for unexpected medical trips to urgent care that require cash up front. Oh and don't forget the prescription on the same day and rent a few days later!


Thanks!

NOT SURE ABOUT YOUR SITUATION
a few months back   i had heart surgery  with a days notice i needed  it
paid that off in 6 months......bought a few more guns while digging out of that
retired at 52  am 57  now
by the way....no education  carpenter by trade
just  saying  so because it can be done.........no education  and  notice i kant evin  spel
not  being a smart  @$$ but  i did  because others  made poor financial decisions
i hate to see  people here  making bad decisions
the best thing that will come of this  is you will not find yourself in this situation AGAIN


if you think going to a rip-off pawn shop  is a normal way to deal with  finacial situations
you need to surround yourself with different people


 if you don't have $5k  on hand....you need to take a hard look  and consider a financial advisor
i  have ivicted  soooooo many families....they all have  TWO common threads...
..NO SAVINGS......AND AN EXCUSE not to have savings


SORRY TO GET OFF  TOPIC.....just trying to help even if  i come off as rude

[Savage]

Keith and 45-70 are right of course. Hope you can make whatever lifestyle changes necessary to keep your finances in order. Good luck, and load those mags!
Savagew

[45-70.gov]

i could have....... should have  just sent a personal message


i owe my success in life  to a number of successful people who showed me the way
an  uncle that  treid to show me but actually showed me what NOT TO DO
feel  free to PM....all i have to offer is what worked for me
and what i see  not working for the folks  i make homeless

[keith44]

as we are totally off topic anyway, I too will accept a pm and offer how I order my finances.  Free advice, worth what ya pay for it.

Best wishes

[jhm]

     I agree with most posts abt working on getting your finances in order, however all PAWN SHOPS are not rip-off places!!  Those who know me and have been to the one I was in will tell you that it was a clean and friendly place to come, we did offer a service of loaning money but we never forced anyone to enter and do so.  There are people who dont have credit cards where they can pay off a emergency, you cant go into a bank and barrow a $100 and walk out in 5 min, you can barrow a larger amt. but you will be there for some time begging, no matter where you barrow your money it will be expected of you to re-pay the loan.  Jim

[Poopers]

Its the first time in my life I have pawned anything. It was a mom and pop shop, very friendly people! I went and picked up my Glock yesterday and the magazine was loaded and the slide was closed, so the guy must just do that by default because I sure didnt!


...or he was out back shooting it 


Anyhoo, in my opinion, guns are the best asset a fellow can have. I have NEVER lost money selling a gun, and some of my old guns paid for my wedding, my wife's ring and the cost of moving 500 miles West.

[45-70.gov]

you sold a gun for a wedding!!!!....ouch.....bit my tongue...hard

just kidding.......GLAD YOU HAVE YOUR GUN BACK  AND IT WAS A FIRST TIME

YES GUNS ARE A GOOD...''long term''.... investment''

''the dollar cost averageing'' is a good investment stadegy to  firearms investment

[Brett]

I have a couple of guns that have done better than my 401K.    I probably should have invested more money in guns.  Of course the Government will probably confiscate both before it's over.   

[45-70.gov]

I have a couple of guns that have done better than my 401K.    I probably should have invested more money in guns.  Of course the Government will probably confiscate both before it's over.   

one is harder to take than the other..........another + for a gun


i did  have 24 guns stolen tho a few years back...[he was a snitch  so  the police did nothng]
i now have had to invest in  safes and a security system........more overhead

[Brett]

45-70gov,

Did they at least get your guns back for you?

[45-70.gov]

i got  11 of them back.....none of the handguns
the   guy that had them was dead........no  i didn't do it
initially the sheriff  FAIL to enter them into the national data bank...NCIC
months  later my ''destructive device'' paper work came  from the ATF
thats when we found out the LOCALS dropped the ball and failed to report this gun


sheriff  was probly  mad over me trying to endight him when  i was on the grand jury

[Mike in Virginia]

45/70, you said "i did  have 24 guns stolen tho a few years back...he was a snitch  so  the police did nothng."
And that the guy that had them was dead. 
Is the dead guy the same guy that stole them? 
I can't imagine a police department not placing felony charges against a person they knew was guilty, snitch or not. 
 

[45-70.gov]

the dead guy that had them  was in clay county
we never did determine his link


the suspected theif was a snitch
yes he was in the catch and release program


he has been in and out of jail  ever since


he would just die   if they left him alone
every few years he goes to jail a few years and gets his health back