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I've recently been shooting a Marlin 1894 carbine and almost everything about it is great, except the magazine spring. This rifle has seen very little use and loading rounds into the gate is tough for my arthritic thumb. Today I loaded nine .38 Spl. cartridges into the magazine tube and intend to leave them there for a few days to see if it will take some spring out of the spring. Good idea or bad idea?


Thanks, RS