If the dimensions of every other coil on a pistol magazine spring are reduced to allow them to nest into the one above, will this noticeably reduce the cycle life or tension of the spring?
I am looking to reduce the solid length of magazine springs without significantly reducing it's cycle life. Pistol magazine springs are a rounded square, oval, or triangle with different sized coils so I can't use a general online calculator. I've already wasted a spring company's time with 1 bad idea and wanted to check if this makes sense first before taking it to them.
If the dimensions of every other coil are reduced to allow them to nest into the coil above, will this noticeably reduce the cycle life or tension of the spring? The general dimensions of the springs are around 1" x .5" with a wire diameter of around .050-.055". Most of the springs have between 8 and 15 coils. I will like to be using stainless steel, but if music wire will deal with the compression better I will use that.
Edit: I am asking about changing the OD, not the wire thickness.
As far as my understanding on the subject, I have used every technical term I know in this post already so if you tell me I need to calculate the magnetic resonance frequency at 26*K or something, I'm already lost.