Dear OP -
Are you really wanting to start a "leaving the magazine loaded will cause the springs to fail" debate?
Really?
Why not do your own research and see what a little over 100 years of collective wisdom has to say about this, before you open the floodgates here?
Or did you have a side you wanted to take, but were afraid someone from the other side would call you nasty names if you just came out and stated your opinion?
In case you did not notice, I have a low tolerance threshold for stuff like this.
stay safe.
Barbara Streisandmany parts of your pistol are "consumables" ... they are parts which will have a limited usefull life and if you are a shooter they will probably need replaced during the lifetime of your sidearm, they include the magazine and/or its springs, hammer spring, trigger spring, recoil spring, extractor/ejector, firing pin and perhaps even grips..... just accept that they will not last forever and use them till the fail, then replace them.
I have been doing this for four years and I have had no problems I have been using the same gear for four years
Barbara Streisand
A spring operating below the elastic limit of its stress-strain curve has an essentially unlimited fatigue lifetime. Think tuning fork or watch mainspring or IC engine valve spring or nuclear reactor SCRAM spring (my expertise).
I dunno about you guys, but I always put my car up on blocks after driving, so the springs don't wear out.
I buy expensive name brand products, call me old fashioned but the name still means something to me. I have had my magazines loaded for the past 4 years and inspect them once and awhile but have not noticed any defects with them. I give my gear a break about every six months where I will unload my gun, magazines and full dissemble my magazines. I let the springs air out for a few days then load everything back up. I was not told to do this but it just made sense to me. Springs develop a memory just like anything ells and I think it does them some good to be able to relax for a few days out of the year. I have been doing this for four years and I have had no problems I have been using the same gear for four years
Bullets are consumables....:uhoh:many parts of your pistol are "consumables" ... <snip>
Sodium silicate, silica gel, silicon dioxide - not in anyway silicone, a hydrocarbon polymer that includes silicon.check the humidity in your gun safe, maybe get some of those big bags of silcone, and maintain them as well- every few months, throw them in the oven and bake them for a little while (not too hot or too long!)