How do you store your firearms?

[Velzey]

Ever sleep on a spring mattress? Which parts become less "springy" over time when force is applied? Seems like the same elements would apply if you stretched it... in both cases you're taking its natural/original state and changing it with unnatural force, which it adapts to on a structural level which changes it fundamentally from it's original and optimal form.
It doesn't really wear out in my opinion... it just changes. The change would be infinitesimal if the spring were meant to constantly bear a load however.

 

[Flopsweat]

Ever sleep on a spring mattress? Which parts become less "springy" over time when force is applied? Seems like the same elements would apply if you stretched it... in both cases you're taking its natural/original state and changing it with unnatural force, which it adapts to on a structural level which changes it fundamentally from it's original and optimal form.
It doesn't really wear out in my opinion... it just changes. The change would be infinitesimal if the spring were meant to constantly bear a load however.

I'm just telling you what the metallurgists say...

 

[Stomper]

It's the excersising of them springs that wear them down, not the constant compression or relaxed state they reside in long-term.

On that premise I can see how newlyweds would wear down their springs quicker.

 

[Velzey]

I'm just saying what 25 years of gunsmithing has taught me and the 1000's of springs I have replaced...
But that doesn't mean anything! To each his own..

 

[RicInOR]

What do you mean by store ? Who has access ?

In my ready-to-go-safe, the handgun is ready to go, and positioned such that my hand will drop on it, ready to put it to use.

In my storage safe, everything is kept such that if someone grabs a gun in an unsafe way - like with a bugger-hook on the bang switch, that nothing can go deadly wrong. Someone could still drop something and get an owie.

If you have long term archival storage - then you need to consider environmental factors.
If you are in and out all the time, those are less of an issue.

 

[Karen Payne]

Mine that are not in my daily carry are in a gun safe. The one carried are holstered ready to go next to my bed.

 

[Martini_Up]

Springs don't wear out when under tension any quicker than when not. flexing and releasing springs wear them out.

Store firearms hammer down or not, makes no difference in the longevity of the springs. Just keep them dry, clean, secure and preferably unloaded and they're good.